[syslinux] pxelinux / memdisk / afud408 freeze.

Lindgren Daniel daniel.lindgren at tullverket.se
Thu Aug 23 23:43:08 PDT 2007


OK, I missed that it's a Win95-based image. Please ignore previous post. 

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> Från: Lindgren Daniel 
> Skickat: den 24 augusti 2007 08:41
> Till: 'For discussion of SYSLINUX and tftp-hpa'
> Ämne: SV: [syslinux] pxelinux / memdisk / afud408 freeze.
> 
> I'm guessing that the image you are booting via memdisk is 
> FreeDOS-based? I've had similar problems with FreeDOS disks 
> images and firmware updates. If that's the case, try copying 
> the update programs to a MS-DOS 6.22 image instead.
> 
> > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > Från: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com
> > [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] För Andrew Stuart
> > Skickat: den 24 augusti 2007 07:11
> > Till: For discussion of SYSLINUX and tftp-hpa
> > Ämne: [syslinux] pxelinux / memdisk / afud408 freeze.
> > 
> > Has anyone had a problem with afud408 (Award flash program) 
> freezing 
> > the system when ran from memdisk?
> > The freeze occurs when just running afud408 (not attempting 
> to update 
> > bios, although it freezes then as well.)
> > 
> > I was using pxelinux/memdisk 3.36, I upgrade to 3.51, and also fell 
> > back to 2.11 all have the same issue.
> > 
> > I have tried all the switches for memdisk that I saw posted on the 
> > memdisk webpage (non wiki). raw/bigraw caused the image to freeze 
> > before even booting. (frozen cursor before loading the boot 
> sector?). 
> > The disk image is a Windows 95 boot image that I used winimage to 
> > expand to 2.88MB. I use this image for all my bios upgrade needs.
> > 
> > This seems to occur on a large amount of MSI's latest offerings (w/ 
> > award bios) (Specifically: 945gm2, 945gm3 and g965m). I 
> used this same 
> > image on a Dell laptop for giggles, and it worked fine (it spit out 
> > the usage menu).
> > 
> > At this point I am sure it's a bios/pxe issue, but does anyone have 
> > any suggestions before I try taking the issue up with MSI? Any idea 
> > how I can troubleshoot this further, so that I can give 
> them specifics 
> > as to why it locked up?
> > 
> > If it isn't clear, this on 10+ different systems, different 
> hardware, 
> > different configurations, all hardware has been tested to be good.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > -Andrew
> > 
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