[syslinux] PXE boot fail with Menu.c32

[d tbsky]

hi:
   my gigabyte mainboard use phoenix-award bios. i aslo have some old board
and severs with yukon nic which is ok to boot menu.c32. i remember
some ibm server with yukon nic can not boot menu.c32, but ibm update
the bios and fix
that. i think yukon pxe rom is broken on some versions, but it is ok now,
just ask your vendor for a new bios or maybe you can strip the boot rom from
other bios and make your own.
  the yukon nic is not a big issue to me. the real big issue i think is
sis900,which never has a workable pxe rom for menu.c32. there are so
many sis900 out there, which are all broken. i must setup my dhcp
server with mac address and use etherboot to workarround every sis900.
i wonder if there are better ways to deal with sis900?






2007/12/5, Patrick Le <patrick2le at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> I think the problem is not gigabyte  athernet.
> I have two card ATCA which have the same ethernet chip.
> One boot from phenix BIOS and the otherone boot from AMI bios
> The one with phenix bios display ok menu ( menu.c32), but oher with ami no
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> Trying
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> PXELINUX 3.51 2007-06-10  Copyright (C) 1994-2007 H. Peter Anvin
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> =====================06, Intel Corporation
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>   Please wait...
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> =====================        8       UID: E1004191 0600 061A 8A01
> A800FFFFFFFF
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> bootCD          :   boot-cd update T5006
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>           ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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>           │ bootCD                                                   │
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>                           Press [Tab] to edit options
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> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 A0 A5 5B 16 F7  GUID: 01410000 0900 0901 0101
> A800FFFFFFFF
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> DHCP../        168.0.212  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 192.168.0.1
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> GATEWAY IP: 192.168.0.1
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> PXELINUX 3.51 2007-06-10  Copyright (C) 1994-2007 H. Peter Anvin
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>  I debug and found that thay use different video mode
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> Menu.c32 seen like not support video mode 3, 80x25, consol redirection
> without video card
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> On Dec 4, 2007 5:15 AM, d tbsky <tbskyd at gmail.com > wrote:
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> > 2007/12/3, mark at ehle.homelinux.org <mark at ehle.homelinux.org>:
> > > Has there been any progress toward fixing the Yukon problem, or is it
> > > not going to be addressed? Not complaining, mind you, but maybe this
> > > problem should be more prominent in the documentation. This card is
> > > everywhere.
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> > > I have a slew of Acers with built-in Yukon NICs. Chased my tail for
> > > about 4 days trying to get menu.c32 to work. I didn't realize that it
> > > could be NIC-related until I booted an older PC with an Intel card in
> > > it, and the menu popped right up. I should have searched the list
> > > archives first!
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> > Hi:
> >   i think yukon already fix that. i bought a gigabyte mainboard with yukon
> > nic,
> > which can not boot menu.c32. i complain to gigabyte and they update the
> > bios
> > with new yukon pxe rom(2007 august version). they also send me a
> > readme.txt file
> > from yukon. in that file pxelinux is in their support platfrom list.
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