[syslinux] Problems with PXELINUX falling through to localboot on a HP Proliant DL385

Padwa, Daniel daniel.padwa at gs.com
Mon Feb 23 07:50:45 PST 2009


Thanks - that com32 stanza does the trick.

Except when gPxe is on the stack below pxelinux - in that case it hangs
:-(

Looks like I need to follow up with the gPxe folks

Thanks

- Danny

-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:37 AM
To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
Subject: Re: [syslinux] Problems with PXELINUX falling through to
localboot on a HP Proliant DL385

Padwa, Daniel wrote:
> I'm having problems with PXELINUX passing through to a "localboot" on
a
> HP Proliant DL385.   I'm working with 3.73.
> 
> Is there a preferred workaround, or is the referenced patch the best
way
> to go?   Does it have a chance of making the cut for 3.74?
> 

The problem is that that patch isn't "constructive" - all it tells me is
that the Proliant ROM touches memory it shouldn't, and shuffling things
around at random seems to make it work.

It still means random memory is corrupted, but I don't know what memory
it is.  As such I can't really fix it.

Since your problem is with localbooting, I would suggest using chain.c32
as a workaround:

label localboot
	com32 chain.c32
	append hd0

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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