[syslinux] memdisk image problems on shuttle hardware
Andrew Stuart
andrew at shopcusa.com
Wed Jul 2 19:26:14 PDT 2008
Andrew Stuart wrote:
> hpa,
>
> Seeing your post about 3.71, I wanted to get a message out even though I
> don't have the stats right now.
>
> I am having a problem with memdisk with a lot of shuttle computers, but
> also affects a variety of other hardware (low though, 5%? less?).
>
> The image that I can most reliably test against is the Hitachi Drive
> fitness Test.
> (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v413_b00_install.IMG)
>
> It boots the image normally, then spits out Operating System not found
> (or some such, basically the image loads but doesn't work)
>
> I think I saw at one point that an ancient version of syslinux/memdisk
> worked fine (2x era), but I am not positive. I will be sure to test that
> asap to confirm.
>
> I have tried the various raw/bigraw/safeint/edd/noedd without luck.
>
> Any chance you would have access to a shuttle you can test against?
> otherwise I will investigate setting up a serial console to the box and
> getting you remote access.
>
> I have tested against 3.70 and still have the same problem. By chance is
> there a way to set a pause or some such, as some of the output of
> memdisk scrolls off the screen too fast for me to read.
>
> I will follow up hopefully tonight with what output I do see. (problem
> being it's away from my workstation, and I don't have a camera that I
> think would give a clear picture)
>
Left off some useful information. I am using a matched pxelinux/memdisk,
but the problem also occurs with isolinux/memdisk (also matched)
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