[syslinux] UEFI/EFI booting and constantly asking for ldlinux.e64
Nelson, Ryan M. (ARC-TI)[SGT, INC]
ryan.m.nelson at nasa.gov
Wed Jul 1 12:00:52 PDT 2015
On 7/1/2015 2:58 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
>> I'm setting up UEFI booting and got to the point of having the system talk
>> >to the dhcpd/tftpd server, grab the first image files (syslinux.efi) and
>> >then continuously request the secondary image file (ldlinux.e64).
> So it appears to go deaf.
>
>> >I'm wondering if I'm missing something or if someone can point me in the
>> >right direction of trouble shooting this.
> 1) What version? In the 8 months since 6.03, there have been numerous
> commits that might resolve this. Let me know if you need a set of
> test binaries.
It is version 6.03. I will attempt to use the latest from the repo and
report back.
>
> 2) What's the system? The sole system I have confirmation of a
> remaining EFI64 issue is a VMware VM with the e1000e NIC, in fact with
> similar symptoms.
>
The system is a Dell PowerEdge R730xd with 4 NICs:
Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X520/I350 rNDC
Intel(R) Gigabit 4P X520/I350 rNDC
Current connection on the 10G port.
I have noticed something else a little weird via the UEFI setting for
the NIC's. I seem to have to enable two NICs for PXE booting to even
successfully PXE boot. When I do this the first NIC fails to boot and
the second works right away. Doesn't matter which interface boots first
or which is plugged in. I will probably open a ticket about this with
Dell, just thought it was a little weird.
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