[syslinux] Intel DX79TO localboot problem with CentOS

[Jonas Keidel]

2013/8/5 Jonas Keidel <jonas at jonas-keidel.de>

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> 2013/8/5 H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
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>> On 08/05/2013 07:04 AM, Jonas Keidel wrote:
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>> > So i've also tried to use chain.c32, but there are also some problems.
>> > For example FreeBSD doesn't boot with chain.c32, so we've decided to use
>> > localboot, because it works in 90%, except with that board.
>> > Maybe you have an idea how to fix that? Or what do you think is broken?
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>> It would be a BIOS problem.  There might be a BIOS update.
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> I've installed the latest bios from their website on the board.
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>> "localboot -1" might work on your other systems as well... hard to know.
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> No it doesn't, i think, because if that would be so we will be using it.
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>> FreeBSD not booting with chain.c32 is a surprise.
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> We've tested that on several machines and yes, it does not boot. So we
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so further information towards the chain.c32 problem:
we can't boot from a software raid with this, because if the first hdd is
swapped (and empty), the system normally can boot from the secondary hdd.
But with chain.c32 that isn't possible.
So we need localboot working.


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