[syslinux] pxe hangs on Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default

Matt Barbieri MBarbieri at stayinfront.com
Mon Nov 13 09:28:48 PST 2006


Greetings all

I just recently ran into a problem booting pxe on a new model laptop,
the Fujitsu P1610. Here is my setup first of all

Windows 2000 server (DHCP Server), pointing to pxelinux.0 on my tftp
server
Windows 2003 (TFTP Server), using tftpd from windows 2003 server
Tftpboot folder containing pxelinux.0 (v3.31) and numerous boot images,
and menu.c32
Pxelinux.cfg folder containing default
Default contains the following:

	default menu.c32
timeout 100
MENU TITLE SIF Hardware Services (P)reboot e(X)ecution (E)nvironment
label 1
   menu label Universal Boot Disk
   kernel memdisk
   append initrd=universal.img
label 2
   menu label Barts PE Disc
   kernel startrom.0
label 3
   menu label Dos 6.22
   kernel memdisk
   append initrd=dos622.img
label 4
   menu label Memtest86 (zOmG Jamie Pop-a-Boner)
   kernel memtest86
label 5
    menu label Linux
    kernel linux
    append initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/rd/0 vga=normal devfs=mount,dall
rw noapic
label 6
   menu label Local Hard Disk Boot
   localboot 0

Ive been using this configuration for about a year with no problems.
Ive booted many different models of laptop (dell, fujitsu, Compaq, etc)
with no issue.  Now all of a sudden this model hangs at "Trying to load:
pxelinux.cfg/default.  The nic card is a Marvell Yukon.  Marvell Base
code 1.10.1.3 (20060516),Yukon PXE Version 5.14.1.3 (20060704), PXE
v2.1.

In the config file, if I change the first line to "default 1", it boots
the first image just fine.  It seems like it just cant load the menu.  I
also tried the vesamenu.c32 and got a different result, that of just a
blank screen.  Has anyone else had problems loading the menu?  Maybe
someone has some tricks that can make this work?  BY the way, thank you
so much for doing all of this PXE has made my life 100x easier.

-Matt Barbieri


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