[syslinux] pxelinux fails to load miniroot completly

[H. Peter Anvin]

Geert Stappers wrote:
> 
> With  pxelinux 3.61 I got 
> .....................[many more dots, it is 53Mb]...................ready.
> Issuing RESET:
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WTF?  This seems more than a bit fishy...

> Undefined video mode number: 317
> Press <ENTER> to see video modes available
>  [more video mode stuff]
> 
> With removing 'vga=791 quiet splash service' from the append line,
> the kernel comes alive. It stops[1] at
>  RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0

vga=791 is 0x317, so the video mode info seems right.

I'll try to reproduce this in simulation and see if I can figure out 
what's going on.

	-hpa