[syslinux] PXE looping on localboot

[Vanush Misha Paturyan]

On Thu, 24 May 2012 16:22:10 +0200 Pascal Legrand
<Pascal.Legrand at univ-orleans.fr> wrote:

> > I have seen posts about this problem, but have had trouble finding
> > how/if it was resolved. I am trying to upgrade from syslinux-3.11
> > to syslinux-3.86 on RHEL5.
> > 
> > On 3.86, when it performs a local boot from hard disk, it just
> > keeps looping back into PXE boot again instead of booting from the
> > hard disk. It will perform a system install just fine, but when it
> > switches to localboot after the install, it keeps looping through
> > PXE boot.
> > 
> > The file in pxelinux.cfg looks like this:
> > #boot
> > DEFAULT xCAT
> > LABEL xCAT
> > LOCALBOOT 0
> > 
> > This works just fine in 3.11. I also noticed that in 3.86, there's
> > a message on the console about "!PXE entry point not found" which I
> > don't see in 3.11. The hardware involved is IBM BladeCenter HS21,
> > with onboard Broadcom gigabit ethernet.
> > 
> > Is there a solution for this problem?
> > 
> > Mike Waldron
> > 
> > _________________________________________
> 
> here is mine :
> #Boot local
>         LABEL BootNormal
>         MENU LABEL Boot local
>         MENU DEFAULT
>         COM32 chain.c32
>         APPEND hd0
> 
> not sure it's the solution for your problem
> 

This worked for me.

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