[syslinux] PXELINUX LocalBoot 0 fail; hunting for bug
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Sat Aug 7 17:36:46 PDT 2010
On 08/07/2010 10:45 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> Recently, I decided to pull out a new model laptop for testing related
> to my job at work. Dell Latitiude E6400, BIOS A14. Normally I have
> it set to boot CD, USB, Net, then HDD and noticed that with
> PXELINUX-4.02 and 'LOCALBOOT 0', it hung on me before leaving the PXE
> stack. I then tried 3.86 and it worked. 4.00 and 4.01 both hung when
> I tested them as well. Changing to 'LOCALBOOT -1' or using 'chain.c32
> hd0' both resolved this issue.
>
> At this time, I'm just trying to post to give people an FYI in case
> they run into a similar situation and to say that I'm going to be
> trying to hunt for where/how things are hanging.
>
> I still have to get another test environment configured to obtain the
> exact displayed messages.
>
It's always worth trying a "git bisect" if you can.
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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