[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 15:04:19 PDT 2015


On 7/1/2015 12:00 PM, Nelson, Ryan M. (ARC-TI)[SGT, INC] via Syslinux 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. 

I've replaced the files from ones grabbed from GIT and now the boot 
fails quickly stating:

--snip console--
Boot Failed: PXE Device 3: Integrated NIC 1 Port 1 Partition 1
--end console--

It now looks as if it doesn't ask for the ldlinux.e64 file:

--snip messages--
Jul  1 14:54:27 aid in.tftpd[7075]: connect from 172.20.0.1
Jul  1 14:54:27 aid in.tftpd[7075]: RRQ from 172.20.0.131 filename 
X86PC/linux/syslinux.efi
Jul  1 14:54:27 aid in.tftpd[7075]: tftp: client does not accept options
Jul  1 14:54:27 aid in.tftpd[7076]: connect from 172.20.0.1
Jul  1 14:54:27 aid in.tftpd[7076]: RRQ from 172.20.0.131 filename 
X86PC/linux/syslinux.efi
--end messages--

Ryan


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