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

Alexander Heinz mailsanmich at gmx.li
Sun Mar 6 04:13:13 PST 2005


> 	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.

> 	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.

Etherboot 5.3.X and PXELinux work with my old PCs (Pentium I with 3Com 
or RTL8139 NIC). Use the file pxelinux.0 that comes with the syslinux 
package (you do not have to compile anything) and try again so we can be 
sure that your self-made PXELinux did not cause the problem.

Alex




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