[syslinux] pxelinux vesamenu.c32/menu.c32 localboot freeze

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Aug 7 09:39:04 PDT 2008


Jan Schneider wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> we encounter problems with pxelinux in combination with menu.c32/vesamenu.c32 
> on various computers.
> We are using syslinux 3.71 with the following configuration:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> default vesamenu.c32
> timeout 30
> 
> label hd
>   menu label Boot from local disk
>   localboot 0x80
> 
> label net
>   menu label Boot from network
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.gz
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> The network boot works, but when selecting "boot from local disk" the system 
> freezes displaying the message "booting from local disk".

"localboot 0x80" is bogus for PXELINUX.  You want "localboot 0".

	-hpa





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