Patrick Verner
2013-Jul-03 15:22 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
We have tried compiling the binaries our self and using the pre-compiled in the syslinux tar ball as well. It just locks up with the text we provided. The problem is booting from CD, booting from USB works. I suspect the problem is in isolinux.bin. The CD only fails on this one machine. It works on everything else we tried. 4.06 worked without any issue on this same machine. Parted Magic has been around for 8 years now and we are quite familiar with syslinux and booting live media. This is an obvious regression and we are willing to do as much testing as required. If you need anything, let us know. Patrick On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:> On Jul 2, 2013 7:37 PM, "Patrick Verner" <distrozilla at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > System: Dell OptiPlex GX620 (Both BIOS A10 and A11 affected) > > Medium: Physical CD-RW > > Observed: ISOLINUX 5.11 0x51D1AE48 ETCD_ is the only line displayed > > on-screen. A flashing cursor trails at the end of the line. Escape key > does > > Is "ISOLINUX 5.11 0x51D1AE48 ETCD_" (assuming the '_' is the cursor) the > only thing displayed? Could you try the precompiled binaries? Tried > testing that CD in that under a Linux envirinmt? > > > not return boot: prompt. > > Line1 of syslinux.cfg: DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 > > Note: Reverting to syslinux-4.06 allows for successful booting on the > same > > system. > > > > Patrick > > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Patrick Verner <distrozilla at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > This same system boots with syslinux-4.06. Let me know if there is > > > > any further info you need. We tried syslinux-5.11-pre5 as well. > > > > > > What do you actually observe? > > > > > > Perhaps BIOS rev A11 and not A10 or earlier? Regular physical CD and > > > not an ISOHYBRID written to disk-like media or loaded with > > > MEMDISK/grub4dos/gPXE/iPXE? Using a menu > > > (menu.c32/vesamenu.c32/gfxboot.c32)? If so, tried without? > > > > > > -- > > > -Gene > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Syslinux mailing list > > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > > > Unsubscribe or set options at: > > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Syslinux mailing list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >
Gene Cumm
2013-Jul-03 17:56 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Patrick Verner <distrozilla at gmail.com> wrote:> We have tried compiling the binaries our self and using the pre-compiled in > the syslinux tar ball as well. It just locks up with the text we provided.Thanks. I'm assuming by this you mean it always ends with the cursor 1 space away from "ETCD", regardless the binaries tested. I'd guess that isolinux-debug.bin might not help (but may be worth a shot).> The problem is booting from CD, booting from USB works. I suspect the > problem is in isolinux.bin. The CD only fails on this one machine. It works > on everything else we tried. 4.06 worked without any issue on this same > machine. Parted Magic has been around for 8 years now and we areThat's good that 4.06 works.> quite familiar with syslinux and booting live media. This is an obvious > regression and we are willing to do as much testing as required. If you > need anything, let us know.My guess is an interaction with the memory map/use that's different between CD and USB boot. Could you do screen captures of the output of meminfo.c32 when booting ISOLINUX-4.06 as a CD and SYSLINUX-4.06 as a USB? I'm guessing this information will likely help.> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jul 2, 2013 7:37 PM, "Patrick Verner" <distrozilla at gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > System: Dell OptiPlex GX620 (Both BIOS A10 and A11 affected) >> > Medium: Physical CD-RW >> > Observed: ISOLINUX 5.11 0x51D1AE48 ETCD_ is the only line displayed >> > on-screen. A flashing cursor trails at the end of the line. Escape key >> does >> >> Is "ISOLINUX 5.11 0x51D1AE48 ETCD_" (assuming the '_' is the cursor) the >> only thing displayed? Could you try the precompiled binaries? Tried >> testing that CD in that under a Linux envirinmt? >> >> > not return boot: prompt. >> > Line1 of syslinux.cfg: DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 >> > Note: Reverting to syslinux-4.06 allows for successful booting on the >> same >> > system. >> > >> > Patrick >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Patrick Verner <distrozilla at gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > This same system boots with syslinux-4.06. Let me know if there is >> > > > any further info you need. We tried syslinux-5.11-pre5 as well. >> > > >> > > What do you actually observe? >> > > >> > > Perhaps BIOS rev A11 and not A10 or earlier? Regular physical CD and >> > > not an ISOHYBRID written to disk-like media or loaded with >> > > MEMDISK/grub4dos/gPXE/iPXE? Using a menu >> > > (menu.c32/vesamenu.c32/gfxboot.c32)? If so, tried without? >> > > >> > > -- >> > > -Gene >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Syslinux mailing list >> > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com >> > > Unsubscribe or set options at: >> > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux >> > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Syslinux mailing list >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Syslinux mailing list >> Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com >> Unsubscribe or set options at: >> http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux >> Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. >-- -Gene A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text, especially the archives of mailing lists. Q: Why is Top-posting such a bad thing? "No one ever says, 'I can't read that ASCII(plain text) e-mail you sent me.'"
Patrick Verner
2013-Jul-03 21:06 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
>>Could you do screen captures of the output of meminfo.c32 when bootingISOLINUX-4.06 as a CD and SYSLINUX-4.06 as a USB? The results both match for booting 4.06 via CD and USB: SYSLINUX 4.06 EDD 2012-10-23 boot: meminfo.c32 INT 15h = f000:f859 DOS RAM: 639K (0x9fc00) INT 12h: 639K (0x9fc00) INT 15 88: 0xfc00 (64512K) INT 15 E801: 0x3c00 (15360K) 0xbee8 (3127808K) 0 0000000000000000 00000000000a0000 00000000000a0000 1 [-] usable 1 00000000000f0000 0000000000010000 0000000000100000 2 [-] reserved 2 0000000000100000 00000000bfd86c00 00000000bfe86c00 1 [-] usable 3 00000000bfe86c00 0000000000002000 00000000bfe88c00 4 [-] ACPI NVS 4 00000000bfe88c00 0000000000002000 00000000bfe8ac00 3 [-] ACPI reclaim 5 00000000bfe8ac00 0000000000175400 00000000c0000000 2 [-] reserved 6 00000000e0000000 0000000004000000 00000000e4000000 2 [-] reserved 7 00000000fed20000 0000000000080000 00000000feda0000 2 [-] reserved 8 00000000fed00000 0000000000000400 00000000fed00400 2 [-] reserved 9 00000000fec00000 0000000000100000 00000000fed00000 2 [-] reserved a 00000000fee00000 0000000000100000 00000000fef00000 2 [-] reserved b 00000000ffb00000 0000000000500000 0000000100000000 2 [-] reserved Patrick On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Patrick Verner <distrozilla at gmail.com> > wrote: > > We have tried compiling the binaries our self and using the pre-compiled > in > > the syslinux tar ball as well. It just locks up with the text we > provided. > > Thanks. I'm assuming by this you mean it always ends with the cursor > 1 space away from "ETCD", regardless the binaries tested. I'd guess > that isolinux-debug.bin might not help (but may be worth a shot). > > > The problem is booting from CD, booting from USB works. I suspect the > > problem is in isolinux.bin. The CD only fails on this one machine. It > works > > on everything else we tried. 4.06 worked without any issue on this same > > machine. Parted Magic has been around for 8 years now and we are > > That's good that 4.06 works. > > > quite familiar with syslinux and booting live media. This is an obvious > > regression and we are willing to do as much testing as required. If you > > need anything, let us know. > > My guess is an interaction with the memory map/use that's different > between CD and USB boot. Could you do screen captures of the output > of meminfo.c32 when booting ISOLINUX-4.06 as a CD and SYSLINUX-4.06 as > a USB? I'm guessing this information will likely help. > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:11 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Jul 2, 2013 7:37 PM, "Patrick Verner" <distrozilla at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > System: Dell OptiPlex GX620 (Both BIOS A10 and A11 affected) > >> > Medium: Physical CD-RW > >> > Observed: ISOLINUX 5.11 0x51D1AE48 ETCD_ is the only line displayed > >> > on-screen. A flashing cursor trails at the end of the line. Escape key > >> does > >> > >> Is "ISOLINUX 5.11 0x51D1AE48 ETCD_" (assuming the '_' is the cursor) the > >> only thing displayed? Could you try the precompiled binaries? Tried > >> testing that CD in that under a Linux envirinmt? > >> > >> > not return boot: prompt. > >> > Line1 of syslinux.cfg: DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 > >> > Note: Reverting to syslinux-4.06 allows for successful booting on the > >> same > >> > system. > >> > > >> > Patrick > >> > > >> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Patrick Verner < > distrozilla at gmail.com> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > This same system boots with syslinux-4.06. Let me know if there is > >> > > > any further info you need. We tried syslinux-5.11-pre5 as well. > >> > > > >> > > What do you actually observe? > >> > > > >> > > Perhaps BIOS rev A11 and not A10 or earlier? Regular physical CD > and > >> > > not an ISOHYBRID written to disk-like media or loaded with > >> > > MEMDISK/grub4dos/gPXE/iPXE? Using a menu > >> > > (menu.c32/vesamenu.c32/gfxboot.c32)? If so, tried without? > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > -Gene > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > Syslinux mailing list > >> > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > >> > > Unsubscribe or set options at: > >> > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > >> > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Syslinux mailing list > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Syslinux mailing list > >> Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > >> Unsubscribe or set options at: > >> http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > >> Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Syslinux mailing list > > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > > Unsubscribe or set options at: > > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > > > > > > -- > -Gene > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text, > especially the archives of mailing lists. > Q: Why is Top-posting such a bad thing? > > "No one ever says, 'I can't read that ASCII(plain text) e-mail you sent > me.'" > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >
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