[syslinux] Syslinux 5.01 fails to boot iPXE

Steven Shiau steven at nchc.org.tw
Tue May 7 21:33:56 PDT 2013



On 05/08/2013 10:44 AM, Steven Shiau wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/08/2013 03:07 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 May, at 07:40:47PM, Steven Shiau wrote:
>>> I have an issue to boot iPXE with Syslinux 5.01. However, the same
>>> method works for Syslinux 4.06.
>>> The error messages I got is (see attached png file):
>>> ===================================
>>> iPXE 1.0.0+git-20120202.f8840ba-3 -- Open Source Network Boot Firmware
>>> -- http://ipxe.org
>>> Features: VLAN HTTP iSCSI DNS TFTP AoE SRP BzImage COMBOOT ELF MBOOT PXE
>>> PXEXT
>>> /syslinux/ipxe.lkn: command not found
>>> ===================================
>>> I also compiled the iPXE source codes downloaded from ipxe.org, same error.
>>> The whole steps to reproduce the problem is attached as
>>> syslinux-5.01-ipxe.sh.
>>> Did I miss anything?
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Could you try out 5.02-pre3 or 5.10-pre2 and see if this bug is still
>> present? It may have already been fixed.
>>
> I have tested 5.02-pre3 and 5.10-pre2, and I can confirm this issue is
> gone. It's working.
> Thanks.
BTW, when will 5.02-pre3 or 5.10-pre2 be officially released?

Steven.
> 
> Steven.
> 

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