[syslinux] menu.c32 hangs

[Gene Cumm]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 05:21, Zhang Cheng <stephenpcg at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using iPXE to chain to menu.c32, here is the boot script:
>
>    #!ipxe
>    dhcp
>    chain http://my-site/menu.c32 http://my-site/boot.php
>
> After ipxe promote "http://my-site/menu.c32...... ok", the machine hangs.

(snip)
> I think the address of open_file maybe wrong, but I can't find where it is
> assigned the value. Should it be a bug of syslinux/menu.c32 or iPXE?
> Or did do something wrong?
>
> I'm using the HEAD version on the syslinux git tree, my os is Debian 64bit.
> iPXE is also the HEAD version on the ipxe git tree.
> The test environment (ipxe running on) is kvm.
>
> Can anyone give me any hint?

gPXE/iPXE can not natively load a Syslinux 4.xx COM32R module.  You'll
need to load PXELINUX 4.xx first.

-- 
-Gene