[syslinux] Syslinux 4.10-pre20

[Shantanu Gadgil]

--- On Fri, 4/27/12, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:

> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Syslinux 4.10-pre20
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Cc: shantanugadgil at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 9:37 PM
> On 04/27/2012 02:54 AM, Shantanu
> Gadgil wrote:
> > 
> > ProxMox Host (Optiplex 960)
> > ===========================
> > OS: ProxMox 2.0 + latest updates
> > 
> 
> I have never even heard of this...
Its a trimmed down Debian based OS to provide KVM based virtualization.
I am talking about their Virtualization Environment;
http://www.proxmox.com/products/proxmox-ve

> 
> > # kvm --version
> > QEMU emulator version 1.0.50 (qemu-kvm-devel),
> Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> > 
> > I am not able to get which exact version of iPXE from
> the apt commandline; though what
> > I can see while booting is:
> > - snip -
> > iPXE v1.0.0-591-g7aee315
> > iPXE 1.0.0+ -- Open Source ....
> > - snip -
> 
> What is the emulated NIC on the KVM side?
Inside the vm guest, I use the Intel LAN card; e1000 (I think).

> 
> > # lspci -nn
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series
> Chipset DRAM Controller [8086:2e10] (rev 03)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 4 Series
> Chipset PCI Express Root Port [8086:2e11] (rev 03)
> > 00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel
> Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:2e14]
> (rev 03)
> > 00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 4
> Series Chipset PT IDER Controller [8086:2e16] (rev 03)
> > 00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 4
> Series Chipset Serial KT Controller [8086:2e17] (rev 03)
> > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation
> 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10de] (rev 02)
> > 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:3a67]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:3a68]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:3a69]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
> [8086:3a6c] (rev 02)
> > 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a6e]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO
> (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:3a70] (rev 02)
> > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO
> (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:3a72] (rev 02)
> > 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a64]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a65]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:3a66]
> (rev 02)
> > 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation
> 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
> [8086:3a6a] (rev 02)
> > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI
> Bridge [8086:244e] (rev a2)
> > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801JDO
> (ICH10DO) LPC Interface Controller [8086:3a14] (rev 02)
> > 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation
> 82801 SATA Controller [RAID mode] [8086:2822] (rev 02)
> > 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO
> (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:3a60] (rev 02)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced
> Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450]
> [1002:95c5]
> > 
> > Network layout:
> > ===============
> >               
>                
>            
>    +--------------+
> >         
> +------------------------------------| Optiplex 755 |
> >          |     
>                
>              
> +--------------+
> > +-----------------+
> > | 100 MBps switch |
> > +-----------------+
> >          |     
>                
>            
>    +--------------+
> >         
> +------------------------------------+| Optiplex 960 |
> >               
>                
>                
> +--------------+
> 
> What is the *exact* printout when you boot the Optiplex 755
> (I guess?)
> in hardware mode?  Any way you can get a package
> capture?
:) ... no no ... The 755 is my CentOS 6.2 x86_64 based DHCP/TFTP server. This is the main machine.

The Optiplex 960 is the ProxMox VE "inside" which I create VMs.
So the VMs are created on the 'Optiplex 960'.

As you can see, the booting problem is seen when I PXE boot the physical machine 'Optiplex 960' /and/ the VMs inside (within) the Optiplex 960.

On Monday, I shall try to get a photograph of the screen when the "physical machine Optiplex 960' is PXE booting and the screenshots when the VMs are booting.

Regards,
Shantanu