[syslinux] memdisk and iso

[upen]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Jun 6, 2013 5:42 PM, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 06/06/2013 02:40 PM, upen wrote:
> > >
> > > Some odd things I observed just now.
> > > 1. Since yesterday, I have been reseting the client box from
> Virtualbox VM
> > > menu (Reset option). This always showed me com32 vesamenu.c32 message.
> > > 2. Some time ago, I decided I power off the client VM( Close->poweroff
> from
> > > Menu). This time I saw the menu. It didn't show the background jpg
> though.
> > > Anyways I chose the menu option for loading ISO. It returned me the
> same
> > > menu options, while showing file not found messages at the bottom of
> the
> > > screen.
> > > 3. I tried reset as in (1), again com32 -vesamenu.c32 message as stated
> > > earlier.
> > > 4. Power off , power on . No menu this time. Shows the
> com32-vesamenu.c32
> > > message as stated earlier.
> > >
> > > No such issues with pxelinux.0 though.
> > >
> > > I am now rebooting TFTP/DHCP server and see if that helps  to any
> level.
> > >
> >
> > Sounds like it's losing lots of packets.
> >
> >         -hpa
> >
>
> What PXE OROM is being used?  VirtualBox version?
>
Virtualbox version 4.2.12 r84980. AMD64.
00:00:01.780076   LanBootRom     <string>  =
"/opt/VirtualBox/ExtensionPacks/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack/PXE-Intel.rom"
(cb=81

Thanks.

> While working on 4.10-pre, I recall cases others saw with
> dropped/intercepted packets and observed a race in a VM when it was using
> the wrong lwIP call.  I was working on some verbose debug code that should
> help but need to port it up and finish it.
>
> --Gene
>