[syslinux] Pxelinux freezes/reboots where PXE boot option boots normally.

[Quinn]

Hello Georgiev,

Quick question: How did you get pxelinux to load via etherboot?  As far 
as I know etherboot requires a network boot format image (nbgrub works 
fx).  Etherboot, afaik does not support a PXE stack.

Quinn

G. Georgiev wrote:

>	Hello,
>
>	I got in a situation where pxelinux 3.7 (or 3.6) reboots constantly after 
>loading the configuration file and displaying the 'display' option file, but 
>never showing 'boot:' prompt.
>
>	config file is following:
># PXE SYSLINUX config file - look at
># http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php for syntax 
>#
># ---------- This is gate configure file -------
>timeout 20
>prompt 1
>display motd
>default gate.zi
>IPAPPEND 1
>
>	I tried this with two old pentiums/133 with 3c509b or rtl8139 ethernet cards 
>with etherboot 5.3.7 (5.3.12 does not work), same result.
>
>	What is really vexing is that two newer computers - P4 and Athlon ?? that 
>have 'PXE boot' option boot just perfectly using same configuration.
>
>	I compiled the Syslinux package on P4 linux computer, however this should not 
>matter at all. DHCP / Tftp set-up is fine, given that computers with 'PXE 
>boot ' bios are able to load the kernel.
>
>	Some ideas why this may happen?
>	Thanks, George.
>
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