[syslinux] PXELINUX [BIOS] 6.02 - Upgrade to 6.02 from 4.07 introduces local boot regression

[Cory Fair]

>> As Gene mentioned, I would suggest not recompiling, but using the official
binary files already included in the official packages.

Tried this and the issue persists.

>> The Syslinux packages from Arch Linux already contain binary files too
(so, no recompiling)

Installed these, and the problem is solved! I tried both a simplified
default config as well as my original. Seems to have no trouble local
booting.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I actually have a second issue I want
to send separately but I need to see if the 6.02-8 (archlinux) build solves
it first. You'll possibly be hearing from me again soon.

-Cory


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> > Tried this out as follows:
> >
> > UI vesamenu.c32
> > DEFAULT bootlocal
> >     prompt 0
> >
> >     menu title Host Provisioning Tool
> >     menu INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf
> >     MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds
> >     MENU BACKGROUND splash.jpg
> >
> > label bootlocal
> >       menu label ^Boot This Host
> >       KERNEL localboot.c32
> >       timeout 80
> >
> > and I see the following output and a hang after timeout:
> >
> > "Booting from local disk...
> > E46EB:0000"
> >
> > >> After the official release of Syslinux 6.02, there were some patches.
> >
> > :-) being in QA, as a profession, my general experience is to only apply
> > patches when they are known to fix issues you are looking for. I'm
> willing
> > to give it a shot though just as a datapoint. Is there a link directly to
> > the archlinux syslinux files or do I need to install archlinux to get the
> > files out?
> >
>
> As Gene mentioned, I would suggest not recompiling, but using the
> official binary files already included in the official packages. It
> is easier to reproduce reported behaviors and can help reduce the
> chances of additional interactions.
>
> Regarding your pxelinux.cfg/default, please try commenting out (#)
> any non-relevant line for these tests. In particular, the lines that
> point to some (possibly nonexistent) file (splash.jpg,
> graphics.conf).
>
> I would suggest, for testing purposes, the following simplified
> pxelinux.cfg/default:
> # ***
> DEFAULT local
> TIMEOUT 20
> LABEL local
> LOCALBOOT 0
> # ***
>
> I would recommend for each and every other line (except the above 4
> directives) in the default configuration file to be commented out for
> these tests. Optionally, you might want to test whether adding either
> 'PROMPT 1' or 'PROMPT 0' to the above 4 directives changes the
> resulting behavior for your hardware.
>
> Regarding the patches mentioned before, they are already tested so to
> solve problems seen in the official Syslinux 6.02. The reason I
> suggested using the package from Arch Linux is because there is no
> new official upstream pre-release that includes them, but they are
> already in Arch Linux.
>
> The Syslinux packages from Arch Linux already contain binary files
> too (so, no recompiling). The tar.xz archives can be downloaded from:
> https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=syslinux
> Select the relevant architecture (i686 or x86_64), and then on the
> right-side of the screen, under "Package Actions" you will see
> "Download From Mirror". The archives also contain the corresponding
> C32 modules.
>
> Since you mentioned that your original configuration file works with
> Syslinux 6.01, I would suggest also testing (always using the
> simplified configuration file) with Syslinux 6.02-pre14, to compare
> the result. It can be downloaded from:
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/6.02/
>
> TIA,
> Ady.
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