Hey all, I recently updated to syslinux 3.83, I am getting machines rebooting or locking after loading PC DOS. Most notably with Hitachi's Disk Fitness Test (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT) Version 4.16. At first it was a trickle, and now it seems I am having the issue with more hardware. I downgraded to syslinux 3.81, and everything is happy again. The Current hardware that seems to be repeatable across several machines is a Dell Optiplex GX270. I unfortunately didn't think to log the different machines that were having these issues. I did not attempt to try raw/int/bigint/etc since I knew this worked before, and I was pretty sure this model worked just fine. Using pxelinux.0 / matched memdisk / tftpd-hpa. I have access to these dells for a few days/week or so. If all else fails, I can get an ip-kvm hooked up to one of these and give access. What information would be useful to help track this down? I am short on time right now, but my next step is to try and move between 3.81->3.83 and see if I can figure out what version introduced this failure Thanks -Andrew
Good day Andrew, I believe your PC-DOS problem has been addressed in Syslinux 3.84-pre4; commit http://git.zytor.com/?p=syslinux/syslinux.git;a=commitdiff;h=a59acfdc096 be06d1319ee4010eea8abc7b9824e - Shao Miller
On 12/14/2009 11:32 AM, Andrew Stuart wrote:> Hey all, > > I recently updated to syslinux 3.83, I am getting machines rebooting or > locking after loading PC DOS. Most notably with Hitachi's Disk Fitness > Test (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT) Version 4.16. > > At first it was a trickle, and now it seems I am having the issue with > more hardware. I downgraded to syslinux 3.81, and everything is happy > again. > > The Current hardware that seems to be repeatable across several machines > is a Dell Optiplex GX270. > > I unfortunately didn't think to log the different machines that were > having these issues. I did not attempt to try raw/int/bigint/etc since I > knew this worked before, and I was pretty sure this model worked just fine. > > Using pxelinux.0 / matched memdisk / tftpd-hpa. > > I have access to these dells for a few days/week or so. If all else > fails, I can get an ip-kvm hooked up to one of these and give access. > > What information would be useful to help track this down? I am short on > time right now, but my next step is to try and move between 3.81->3.83 > and see if I can figure out what version introduced this failure >Please try 3.84-pre6 and see if it resolves your problem, please. -hpa