[syslinux] Problem with pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20

[Steven Shiau]

On 09/13/2013 06:36 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Steven Shiau <steven at nchc.org.tw> wrote:
>> On 2013/9/12 11:55, Steven Shiau wrote:
>>>
>>> Deal developers,
>>> I'd like to follow the thread
>>> http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2013-April/019761.html
>>> but change the subject to 'pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20' and
>>> provide more test cases.
>>>
>>> The pxelinux before version 5, e.g. version 4.06, worked very well with
>>> memtest86+ 4.20, all my PXE client machines, including VMWare
>>> workstation 9, VirtualBox 4.2, and all the real machines here, like
>>> Lenovo Thinkpad t410.
>>> However, after changing to pxelinux 5.10, with my pxelinux config:
>>> ========================
>>> label memtest
>>>    MENU LABEL Memory test using Memtest86+
>>>    kernel memtest86
>>> ========================
> 
> pxelinux.0?
Yes, we are using pxelinux.0. Actually I tested with lpxelinux.0, same
issue.
> 
>>> the client machines, VMWare workstation 9.02 and real machine, like
>>> Thinkpad t410, fail to boot into memtest. It just returns back to the
>>> pxelinux boot menu. However, for Virtualbox 4.2 client no such issue.
>>>
>>> Besides, we found if I boot the machines mentioned in the above, with CD
>>> using _isolinux_ 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20, all successfully boot into
>>> memtest.
>>>
>>> Hope these testing cases help. If you need more info, please let me know.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Steven.
>>>
>> BTW, forgot to mention, the file name "memtest86" used in the above config
>> is actually renamed from
>> http://www.memtest.org/download/4.20/memtest86+-4.20.bin.gz
> 
> Thanks for the details.
> 
> I believe this is a result of how/where memtest wants to be loaded.  I
> can confirm it's present in 5.11-pre9 but appears resolved for me in
> 6.02-pre16.  I should be able to test in Workstation-9.0.2 tomorrow.
> 
Thanks. I will test pxelinux 6.02-pre16 recently.

Steven.

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