[syslinux] MEMDISK issues and Dell OptiPlex and Latitude systems

[Jason Vasquez]

In the chance that some additional information could prove helpful, provided now are some PXE versions for reference:

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initrd image: c.img
(A FreeDOS image) extracted from the following archive:
http://bochs.sourceforge.net/guestos/freedos-img.tar.gz

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MEMDISK 3.83 and 4.03 both detect internal SATA drive
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OptiPlex 980 BIOS A05,
Intel Corporation 82578DM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10ef] (rev 05)
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.52.1
PXE 2.1 Build 089 (WfM 2.0)

OptiPlex 780 BIOS A05,
Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10de] (rev 02)
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.52.1
PXE 2.1 Build 089 (WfM 2.0)

OptiPlex 755 BIOS A17
Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10bd] (rev 02)
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.35
PXE 2.1 Build 087 (WfM 2.0)

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MEMDISK 4.03 does not detect internal SATA drive
Note the message: "We lost the last drive in our class of drives."
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OptiPlex GX620 BIOS A08,
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1677] (rev 01)
Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v9.4.4

OptiPlex GX280 BIOS A08,
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1677] (rev 01)
Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v7.5.14

Latitude E6400 A27,
Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03)
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.52.1
PXE 2.1 Build 089 (WfM 2.0)
Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 [8086:423c]

Latitude  D820 A09,
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1600] (rev 02)
Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v8.3.0
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)

Latitude  D810 A05, (PATA drive)
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1677] (rev 01)
Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v8.1.4
Broadcom Base Code PXE-2.1 v1.0.1
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)

Latitude  D505 A11, (PATA drive)
Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller [8086:103d] (rev 81)