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

[Andrew Stuart]

On 4/26/2011 8:29 PM, Miller, Shao wrote:
> Just a tiny nit-pick here: Syslinux version and MEMDISK version do not
> need to match.  MEMDISK is a "Linux x86 kernel" and does not depend on
> Syslinux; it follows the Linux x86 kernel protocol.
>
> For example, you can boot MEMDISK with another (non-Syslinux)
> boot-loader.
>
> COMBOOT32 modules should really be matched to the appropriate Syslinux
> version for best results.
>
> Ultimately, we don't know what "itcpe114.dd.gz" is. :)
>
> I do recall a bug with:
>
>    gPXE ->  MEMDISK + large_image.gz
>
> The bug was not present with:
>
>    gPXE ->  PXELINUX ->  MEMDISK + large_image.gz
>
> So I would not expect a bug for:
>
>    ipxelinux.0 (iPXE ->  PXELINUX) ->  MEMDISK + itcpell4.dd.gz
>
> If Gene's suggestion doesn't work with your (Jeff's) testing tomorrow,
> the more information about this INITRD, the better. :)
>
> - Shao Miller
>

Shao,

Thanks for the correction and well thought out reply. I seem to recall 
getting bitten by a pxelinux/memdisk incompatibility once before, but 
maybe that was something else.

-A