[syslinux] syslinux PXE boot version upgrade, network no longer working

[David McDowell]

apologies, I take that back... I was in the TESTING path under
downloads.  Looks like 4.07 was latest stable 4.xx release?  thanks.

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:26 AM, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Ady.  I have to stick with stable vs. experimental but I
> appreciate the Debian suggestion.
>
> I don't mean to troll anyone, but... how is 6.03 considered stable if
> it does not correctly support keeppxe?  I have to go all the way back
> to 4.xx for this to be supported?  Wow.  I still couldn't find it in
> the docs online where it states keeppxe doesn't work.  I have some
> "detail oriented" management who wants "proof" why I have to run a
> much older version of the PXE environment. *eye roll*
>
> I'm in a catch 22 of sorts.  The older version I have from 2009 is so
> old I don't see it under the OLD folder path under downloads.  That
> version is starting to have trouble driving networking with some brand
> new models of laptops, so I definitely have to upgrade.
>
> Looks like 4.10 is where I need to go if I am sticking with SysLinux?
>
> thank you,
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Ady Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
>>> Right, by 2014 I meant 6.03. I didn’t notice in the docs this was a known issue. If keeppxe is a bug with 6.03, that’s likely my issue. Do I drop back to 6.02 or X? Which version?
>>
>>
>> I would suggest trying Debian's "experimental" binaries (which include
>> potentially-relevant patches for keeppxe), including all its "bios" lib*.c32
>> files (beware not to mix with the efi files with same file names) and its
>> linux.c32 (so as to replace the KERNEL directive, as follows):
>>
>> LABEL Ghost
>> COM32 linux.c32
>> APPEND memdisk keeppxe floppy rw initrd=bootimages/ghost.ima
>>
>> Even if you are not using Debian, the [experimental] binaries can be downloaded
>> and used anyway.
>>
>> Please replace _all_ files with the corresponding version (including pxelinux.0
>> + ldlinux.c32 + menu.c32 + linux.c32 + lib*.c32, all from the "bios" platform);
>> do not mix versions.
>>
>> Prior to 6.03, the last version to correctly support keeppxe was version(s)
>> 4.xx.
>>
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