[gPXE] localboot 0 hang on some machines

[Randy McAnally]

Thank you so much, this is the kind of news I needed!

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Randy

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From: "Arends, R.R." <r.r.arends at hro.nl>
To: "Randy McAnally" <rsm at fast-serv.com>
Cc: <gpxe at etherboot.org>
Sent: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:10:56 +0100
Subject: Re: [gPXE] localboot 0 hang on some machines

> I had troubles with localboot 0 from a gpxelinux.0 menu on some 
> machines aswel. Chain.c32 does work for me to boot from harddisk tho.
> 
> Using it as follows:
> 
> DEFAULT bootlocal
> 
> LABEL bootlocal
>   MENU DEFAULT
>   MENU LABEL Boot from disk..
>   KERNEL modules/chain.c32
>   APPEND hd0 0
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - reni
> 
> >>> On 3-3-2010 at 1:18, in message <20100303001513.M17991 at fast-serv.com>,
"Randy
> McAnally" <rsm at fast-serv.com> wrote:
> > Butwhat about Syslinux 3.85?  It is 3.85 that includes changes to bothgPXE 
> > and PXELINUX that seem to help with exiting processes, if Iunderstand 
> > correctly.
> > Unfortunately, gpxelinux.0 from any of the 3.8X and 4.0preX versions exhibit 
> > the same hanging problem with localboot on many machines.  Only pxelinux.0 
> > can reliably localboot.
> >
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