[syslinux] isolinux failing on serial console

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Sat May 4 06:40:54 PDT 2013


On May 4, 2013 2:58 AM, "Marc Pascual" <marc.m.pascual at gmail.com> wrote:

> It turned out to be a problem with the iso download with the iLO's cli
> interface (vm cdrom insert) over WAN. I took a closer look at the tcpdump
> capture and what happens is that the connection becomes too idle, tcp
> keepalive probes get sent, leads to an RST and eventually an HTTP
> boot.iso?EJECT request from the iLO which explains the "menu.32: not a
> COM32R image" messages (It just can't find the file because the image is
> already unloaded). I can't replicate the problem if I load the iso and
> request it from a client in the same datacenter, nor via the iLO's web
> applet even on WAN.

I'd still check that your iLO (and other BIOS/firmware) is up to date.

--Gene


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