[syslinux] 1 model out of a dozen hangs at "loading boot sector... booting..."

[Gene Cumm]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:25, Alexander,Jeff <Jeff.Alexander at wwt.com> wrote:
> There is only one MEMDISK image being loaded. It is just a winpe image that maps back to our image server and loads an HTA menu so that we can then do the real work. ;-)
>
> Using the MAC address isn't really an option since we don't have that information ahead of time. These are not static machines. These are machines that we receive, configure, and then send on their way to never see again.
>
> The model specific (or hopefully hardware id specific) option would be nice. I saw the other messages about the 'useful small set of system data' and I am looking forward to that.
>
> Thanks for the input. The group of people on this list are very helpful.

I believe I've noticed that WinPE images are generally the most
cooperative with the raw mode but your mileage may vary.

-- 
-Gene

> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [syslinux] 1 model out of a dozen hangs at "loading boot sector... booting..."
>
> Good day, Jeff.
>
> You might not be able to generalize and use the same option everywhere;
> different systems and different MEMDISK images may require different
> options.  Some details are provided in the section of the documentation
> where you read about the existence of the 'raw' option.
>
> Trial and error, perhaps.  Or you could use client-specific
> config-files, like this:
>
> pxelinux.cfg/default
> pxelinux.cfg/use_raw
> pxelinux.cfg/01-00-24-ab-4f-56-5d (sym link -> use_raw)
>
> where 'default' would invoke MEMDISK without the 'raw' option and
> 'use_raw' would be identical to 'default' but for using the 'raw'
> option.
>
> If you are using gPXE or iPXE, there are fancier things you can do, such
> as download a specific config-file based on the computer model.
>
> It also looks like some of this fancier stuff is coming into Syslinux.
>
> - Shao Miller