[syslinux] boot disk failure

[Pascal Legrand]

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> Pascal Legrand wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> i've got a problem with boot pxe on pc, all my pc works fine except in a room 
>> where all the same pc doesnt works :
>> my configuration (dhcp tftp etc...) works fine also
>> 
>> here is a part of my tftpboot directory
>> 
>> ghost/
>> memdisk
>> menu.c32
>> pxelinux.0
>> pxelinux.cfg/
>> 
>> ./ghost:
>> ghost288.IMA
>> ghost_geii_101.IMA
>> ghost_MM.IMA
>> ghost_MM.IMA.old
>> 
>> ./pxelinux.cfg:
>> default
>> 
>> here is a part of my default file
>> 
>> DEFAULT menu.c32
>> 
>> TIMEOUT 300
>> ALLOWOPTIONS 0
>> PROMPT 0
>> 
>> MENU TITLE MENU
>> 
>> LABEL BootNormal
>>          MENU LABEL Boot local
>>          MENU DEFAULT
>>          LOCALBOOT 0
>> 
>> LABEL ghost
>>          MENU LABEL Ghost
>>          kernel memdisk
>>          append initrd=ghost/ghost288.IMA
>> 
>> LABEL ghost_GEII
>>          MENU LABEL Ghost GEII-101
>>          kernel memdisk
>>          append initrd=ghost/ghost_geii_101.IMA
>> 
>> LABEL ghost_multimedia
>>          MENU LABEL Ghost Multi-Media
>>          kernel memdisk
>>          append initrd=ghost/ghost_MM.IMA
>> 
>> 
>> when the pc boot, the dhcp request works fine, the "download" of ghost288.ima, 
>> works fine also.
>> when it try to launch the os i've got a message :
>> 
>> loading memdisk...
>> loading ghost/ghost_geii_101.ima..............ready
>> memdisk 3.70
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>> .
>> loading boot sector...booting...
>> Boot disk failure
>> 
> 
> You may try 3.71-pre4 which has some patches? workarounds? in memdisk 
> for systems with out a floppy drive, but may also fix issues with 
> machines with floppies. Please make sure to upgrade pxelinux.0 / memdisk 
> to the same version.
> 
> Otherwise please provide more information about the system, and the 
> debugging lines spit out by memdisk.
> 
> HTH
> 
> -Andrew
> 
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> 
thank you for your help, it works fine with the 3.71-pre4 version




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