[syslinux] Change message after timeout

Muhammad Ammar mammar at gmail.com
Thu Nov 11 07:33:20 PST 2010


Hi,

Thanks for your reply and help.

Are there any samples/tutorials on how to use/wire COM32 modules in
syslinux.cfg file.


Regards,


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 08:20, Muhammad Ammar <mammar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> > I have successfully configure the PXE and its working fine, the problem
> is
> > that after timeout in the following msg
> >
> >     Automatic boot in # second
>
> I assume you're using PXELINUX and menu.c32/vesamenu.c32, correct?
>
> > the screen stuck/hang there showing the above message or the menu if we
> > choose to selection from menu until image is loaded from network.
>
> Do you have the keyword quiet in your global or LABEL-specific APPEND?
>  I'm guessing yes.  If so, this is by design.
>
> > So, is there any way we can display another message after timeout.
> > I tried MENU CLEAR and SAY Loading image from network ...
> > but message is displayed even before the Automatic boot in # second.
>
> Not to my knowledge.  SAY is executed by the core while
> reading/paesing the config file only.  You could wrie a COM32 module
> that displays a message then executes a command line (like the
> ifXXX.c32 and cmd.c32 modules).
>
> > Regards,
>
> --
> -Gene
>
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