[syslinux] PXELINUX, pxechain.com and Etherboot

Michael Brown mbrown at fensystems.co.uk
Mon May 18 20:24:55 PDT 2009


On Tuesday 19 May 2009 01:22:26 Joyce Yu wrote:
> When I used Etherboot 5.4, I never got any problem to load Solaris in my
> lab setup. But I got "Error 25, Disk read Error" when gPXE was used. the
> following is the output messages:
> ==========================
> Boot 'Solaris No Jumpstart'
>
> kernel /solaris/S11_112/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -v -m  verbose install
> -B install_mdeia=xx.xx.xx.xx:/images/solaris/S11_112/
>
> Error 25: Disk read error
> ===========================
> ps; xx.xx.xx.xx is the ip address of the lab PXE server
>
> In the same setup, Etherboot has no problem to load the same image.

What software are you using in addition to gPXE/Etherboot in order to attempt 
your network boot?  (The "Error 25: Disk read error" is not a message that 
either gPXE or Etherboot can produce.)

It would be helpful if you could describe the setup that you are using.

Michael




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