[syslinux] PXELINUX booting delays with dual Ethernet ports

Ole Holm Nielsen Ole.H.Nielsen at fysik.dtu.dk
Sat Sep 2 13:12:25 PDT 2006


>> Interesting observation !  This, however, contradicts the FAQ
>> http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php which says:
>>    On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL" option 
>> means
>>    invoking this particular label will cause a local disk boot instead of
>>    booting a kernel.
...
> On a properly working BIOS "localboot 0" should boot the next device in 
> the BIOS boot priority list.
> 
> To boot a specific device, use chain.c32:
> 
> label harddisk
>     kernel chain.c32
>     append hd0
> 
>     -hpa

Thanks a lot for your advice, I'll test this.  However, the above mentioned
FAQ leads naive(?) users such as myself to expect differently, so perhaps
the FAQ ought to be updated ?

Thanks,
Ole




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