[syslinux] Incompatibility using pxelinux 3.81 or later and setupldr.exe from windows XP 32 bits

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Wed Aug 19 14:05:43 PDT 2009


Op 20090818 om 17:49 schreef Miller, Shao:
> Good day Thierry,
> 
> Regarding the Windows XP RIS corrupt filename WINNT.SIF filename bug:
> 
> I've already explained the bug and think it would be good for you to try
> out the latest PXELINUX.0 (compiled from the latest Syslinux in its
> project git repository).  You can get pretty close by using the link I
> sent before.
> 
> I personally think renaming startrom.n12 to pxelinux.0 is a bit silly;
> PXELINUX should be able to chain to the real startrom.n12 from a
> PXELINUX config-file or menuing system.  Employ pxechain.com, if need
> be.  This still allows you to leave your DHCP configuration intact.
> 
> Don't know what else to offer you at this point.

FWIW unzipping  tftp-root--fail.zip and tftp-root--works-fine.zip
shows that there were more changes that a Syslinux update.
I couldn't get "works-fine" working in virtual box.


Cheers
Geert Stappers




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