[syslinux] Re: SYSLINUX Digest, Vol 33, menu.c32 chaining

Somani K. globalyogesh at gmail.com
Sat Dec 3 04:40:47 PST 2005


hi, alex
     i think you are booting dos using pxelinux can u please help me with 
one thing how can i solve convential memory probelm in dos after loading 
network driver, it gives problem in foxpro based programs insufficient 
memory problem..

     please help me if you can.

Thanks in advance
Kunal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Klaus Mueller" <Nostromo at caribbeancity.net>
To: <syslinux at zytor.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 5:48 PM
Subject: [syslinux] Re: SYSLINUX Digest, Vol 33, menu.c32 chaining


> Hello,
>
> many of our platforms do not have a integrated floppy, some even don't 
> have a floppy controller. As pxelinux still has a problem with machines 
> without a floppy in combination with some bios versions I need to 
> chainload a different bootstrap loader which works on the floppyless 
> platforms. But I also need to load a BartPE and the other BS loader does 
> not support that. So I tried to use menu.c32 but did not succeed.
>
> <snip>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:46:19 +0100
> From: Alexander Heinz <mailsanmich at gmx.li>
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] PxeLinux menu.c32 chaining
>
>> multinet.bs is a 3COM bootstrap loader V1.10 which also supports menus, 
>> but no chain loading. multinet.bs is configured to directly load a DOS 
>> bootfloppy image without showing a menu.
>
>> # Dos multinetwork
>> LABEL DOS
>>        MENU LABEL Boot DOS with multiple LAN support
>>        kernel multinet.bs
>
>> Does anybody see a solution?
>
> rename multinet.bs to multinet.0, make the according changes to the
> configuration file and try again.
>
> Cheers
> Alex
>
> ------------------------------>
> Of course I also tried that. See my original text at:
> "If multinet.bs is loaded (same behaviour if loaded as multinet.0) the 
> 3COM loader reports the error message "ERROR: Proboot API not found!"
>
> Thanks and best regards
> Klaus
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 07:02:17 -0800
> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] PxeLinux menu.c32 chaining
>
> Do you have any details on pxelinux having problems with no floppy?
>
> -hpa
> ----------------------------->
> Take a look at my request here: SYSLINUX Digest, Vol 31, Issue 22
>
> "I am using pxelinux.0 included in syslinux V3.11.
> A DOS floppy image is loaded via TFTP and boots fine as long as a
> physical floppy is in the system and enabled in the CMOS settings.
> We also use systems running on the same platform that don't have
> physical floppy drives. In this case the image is loaded, but I receive
> the message "Operating system not found" as soon as the image is trying
> to boot.
> My "default" in pxelinux.cfg is:
> default boot
> prompt 0
> say booting...
> label boot
> kernel memdisk
> append initrd=multinet.imz
>
> The LSM file of V3.11 said: "MEMDISK: Try work around a bug on some
> BIOSes when no physical floppy disk is present in the system. "
> Seems that the problem still exists.
> The problem occurs on all platforms I use. One is running on a P3 with
> VIA chipset and Phoenix - Award Bios V6.00PG, the other one is running
> on a PentiumM with Intel chipset and Phoenix - Award Bios V6.00PG.
> Both systems behave the same. If the physical floppy is present and
> enabled there is no problem. As soon as I set the floppy to "None" in
> the CMOS settings, the image does not boot anymore.
> I also tried to load the image as a harddiskimage. It did not help. "
> <-------------------------------
> I did not receive any suggestions yet. If you need more details please 
> contact me.
>
> Best regards
>
> Klaus
>
>
>
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