Patrick Verner
2013-Jul-06 13:20 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
Same CD. Any Linux distribution without the 5.X series boots on this machine. We can use 4.06 and it boots just fine. It's not the computer's hardware. Like I said, we can take the CD out of the GX620 and place it in the 9010 and it boots. Put 4.06 on the CD, and they both boot. Patrick On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Patrick Verner <distrozilla at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Sorry for the delay, we were too busy drinking and playing with > explosives > > yesterday. :) > > No problem. Many do that here. > > > Here are some tests. We did one on a similar machine and it worked. > > We deleted the configuration file, obviously. > > > > # Dell OptiPlex GX620 > > ISOLINUX 5.11 5.11-pre7 > > isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82 > > isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82 > > isolinux: Main image LBA = 00000115 > > isolinux: Image checksum error, sorry... > > > > # Dell OptiPlex GX620 > > ISOLINUX 4.06 0x513e88f5 > > isolinux: Starting up, DL = 82 > > isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = 82 > > isolinux: Main image LBA = 0000011D > > isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code... > > ERROR: No configuration file found > > No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found! > > boot: > > > > # Dell OptiPlex 9010 > > ISOLINUX 5.11 5.11-pre7 > > isolinux: Starting up, DL = EF > > isolinux: Loaded spec packet OK, drive = EF > > isolinux: Main image LBA = 00000115 > > isolinux: Main image read, jumping to main code... > > WARNING: No configuration file found > > boot: > > > > Hope this helps. Lets us know if you need anything. > > I presume same CD-RW burn used of the ISO with 5.11-pre7 in both > machines? I know I've seen some drives flake out on some burns, hence > asking if you could boot the GX620 with a live Linux environment and > check the disc (to isolate hardware fault from negative interaction). > It appears the GX620 misreads something or gets the data trampled in > RAM. > > Aside from checking the burn on that machine and inserting files to > push isolinux.bin to a later LBA, I'm not sure what else to do except > wait for someone else's response. > > -- > -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. > >
Shao Miller
2013-Jul-07 23:11 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
On 7/6/2013 09:20, Patrick Verner wrote:> Same CD. Any Linux distribution without the 5.X series boots on this > machine. We can use 4.06 and it boots just fine. It's not the computer's > hardware. Like I said, we can take the CD out of the GX620 and place it in > the 9010 and it boots. Put 4.06 on the CD, and they both boot.That error message (about the checksum) comes from core/isolinux.asm in move_verify_image, if I'm not mistaken. A wild guess would be that an unexpected sector size is in use. What is the command used to produce the .iso file? - Shao
Shao Miller
2013-Jul-08 03:25 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
On 7/7/2013 21:25, Patrick Verner wrote:> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Shao Miller <sha0.miller at gmail.com > <mailto:sha0.miller at gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 7/6/2013 09:20, Patrick Verner wrote: > > Same CD. Any Linux distribution without the 5.X series boots on this > machine. We can use 4.06 and it boots just fine. It's not the > computer's > hardware. Like I said, we can take the CD out of the GX620 and > place it in > the 9010 and it boots. Put 4.06 on the CD, and they both boot. > > > That error message (about the checksum) comes from core/isolinux.asm > in move_verify_image, if I'm not mistaken. A wild guess would be > that an unexpected sector size is in use. What is the command used > to produce the .iso file? - Shao > > > genisoimage -A 'Parted Magic '$version'' -f -r -hide-rr-moved > -hide-joliet-trans-tbl -J -l -allow-limited-size -b > boot/syslinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/syslinux/boot.cat <http://boot.cat> > -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -eltorito-alt-boot > -efi-boot EFI/boot/efiboot.img -no-emul-boot ./ > ../pmagic_$version.iso > > Nothing really out of the ordinary. I copied the command from Debian and > only altered a few file locations that we use. That shouldn't matter. > The same command works on that machine with 4.06.Would it be worth a try without -efi-boot ? You might waste a disc, unless it's re-writable. I'm just about to dig into this genisoimage option and find out more about it. Maybe the Dell GX620 has some kind of partial (U)EFI logic. - Shao
Shao Miller
2013-Jul-08 04:44 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
On 7/7/2013 23:37, Patrick Verner wrote:> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Shao Miller <sha0.miller at gmail.com > <mailto:sha0.miller at gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 7/7/2013 21:25, Patrick Verner wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Shao Miller > <sha0.miller at gmail.com <mailto:sha0.miller at gmail.com> > <mailto:sha0.miller at gmail.com <mailto:sha0.miller at gmail.com>>__> > wrote: > > On 7/6/2013 09:20, Patrick Verner wrote: > > Same CD. Any Linux distribution without the 5.X series > boots on this > machine. We can use 4.06 and it boots just fine. It's > not the > computer's > hardware. Like I said, we can take the CD out of the > GX620 and > place it in > the 9010 and it boots. Put 4.06 on the CD, and they > both boot. > > > That error message (about the checksum) comes from > core/isolinux.asm > in move_verify_image, if I'm not mistaken. A wild guess > would be > that an unexpected sector size is in use. What is the > command used > to produce the .iso file? - Shao > > > genisoimage -A 'Parted Magic '$version'' -f -r -hide-rr-moved > -hide-joliet-trans-tbl -J -l -allow-limited-size -b > boot/syslinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/syslinux/boot.cat > <http://boot.cat> <http://boot.cat> > -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -eltorito-alt-boot > -efi-boot EFI/boot/efiboot.img -no-emul-boot ./ > > ../pmagic_$version.iso > > Nothing really out of the ordinary. I copied the command from > Debian and > only altered a few file locations that we use. That shouldn't > matter. > The same command works on that machine with 4.06. > > > Would it be worth a try without -efi-boot ? You might waste a disc, > unless it's re-writable. I'm just about to dig into this > genisoimage option and find out more about it. Maybe the Dell GX620 > has some kind of partial (U)EFI logic. - Shao > > > We already did. All of the tests we ran with isolinux-debug.bin were > done with and without efi. I even tried making the iso with other > programs like mkisofs. It didn't make a difference.D'oh. Well it might be worth adding a debug-message about the sector-size, just to rule that out as a problem. - Shao
Matt Fleming
2013-Jul-11 13:25 UTC
[syslinux] Dell OptiPlex GX620 can longer boot from CD with syslinux-5.X
On Mon, 08 Jul, at 12:44:57AM, Shao Miller wrote:> D'oh. Well it might be worth adding a debug-message about the > sector-size, just to rule that out as a problem. - ShaoPatrick, would you mind building a 5.11 cd by taking the 4.06 one and *only* copying the isolinux-debug.bin from 5.11? Leaving all other files as they are. I'm trying to rule out the LBA of the boot file as a factor. -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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