[syslinux] PXELINUX menu is not displayed at start-up

[Gert Hulselmans]

Swati Tiwari wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the following problem. I am trying to pxeboot a virtual machine
> using
> Sun's Virtualbox. I am trying to experiment with the menu options of
> pxelinux and this is my pxelinux.cfg/default file.
>
>  # generated by fai-chboot for host cdbexample with IP 172.16.31.200
> default menu.c32
> prompt 0
> default fai-generated
> timeout 300
> #ONTIMEOUT local
>
> MENU TITLE PXE Menu
>
> LABEL fai-generated
>         MENU LABEL Fai Generated
>         kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64
>         append initrd=initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 ip=dhcp  root=/dev/nfs
> nfsroot=172.16.31.23:/srv/fai/nfsroot boot=live
> FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt FAI_ACTION=install
>
>
> When I start the virtual machine, it is correctly able to identify that it
> must read the pxe information from the pxelinux.cfg/default file on the
> tftp
> server. However, no menu is displayed and the installation continues.
> Could
> anyone please help me in getting this menu displayed?
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much!
>
> --
> Regards,
> Swati
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You use the "default" keyword two times.
Get a recent PXELINUX version (one that supports the UI keyword) and try
this config:

# generated by fai-chboot for host cdbexample with IP 172.16.31.200
UI menu.c32
prompt 0
default fai-generated
timeout 300
#ONTIMEOUT local

MENU TITLE PXE Menu

LABEL fai-generated
        MENU LABEL Fai Generated
        kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64
         append initrd=initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 ip=dhcp  root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=172.16.31.23:/srv/fai/nfsroot boot=live
FAI_FLAGS=verbose,sshd,createvt FAI_ACTION=install


- Gert Hulselmans