I am getting the following error with memdisk when attempting to boot. I am booting UEFI device using elilo.efi and loading a elilo.conf file with below configuration. Attached is also a print sceen of the error I am getting about memdisk. # force chooser to textmenu chooser=textmenu delay=20 prompt # # the files containing the text (with attributes) to display # message=textmenu-message.msg # # files to load when the corresponding function key is pressed # f1=general.msg f2=params.msg image=/images/RHEL6.2-x86_64/vmlinuz label=RHEL6.2-x86_64-dvt append="append ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.120.254/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/RHEL6.2-x86_64-dvt" initrd=/images/RHEL6.2-x86_64/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/ram image=memdisk label=Windows append="append raw iso initrd=/images/Win2K8-SP2-x86_64/win2k8sp2x64-cm.iso" read-only root=/dev/ram [cid:image004.jpg at 01CD9D8D.95FFC7D0] ________________________________ Eddie Velez Sr. UNIX System Administrator 2650 N 1st Suit 300 San Jose, CA, 95135 408.904.4136 Office 408.307.1632 Mobile http://www.emulex.com<http://www.emulex.com/> [Description: Emulex]<http://www.emulex.com/emulex-connects/> This message contains Emulex confidential information intended only for specific recipients and is not to be forwarded to anyone else. If you have received this message in error, please delete it immediately. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 6478 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20120928/b943d319/attachment.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 28433 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20120928/b943d319/attachment-0001.jpg>
Good day, Eddie. This looks like ELILO can't load the format of kernel that MEMDISK uses. MEMDISK uses the Linux x86 kernel format, documented in the Linux source code at Documentation/x86/boot.txt - Shao
Geert Stappers
2012-Sep-30 07:58 UTC
[syslinux] Regarding: syslinux UEFI boot with memdisk
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:26:10PM +0000, Velez, Eddie wrote:> I am getting the following error with memdisk when attempting to boot. I > am booting UEFI device using elilo.efi and loading a elilo.conf file > with below configuration. Attached is also a print sceen of the error > I am getting about memdisk. ><snip/> Hello Eddie, Here a moderator of the Syslinux mailinglist. I don't know with which E-mail address you are subscribed to the Syslinux ML. All I know it that I had to manual let through your posting and there are meanwhile several responses on your request. Enjoy that information and have a nice day. Cheers Geert Stappers In an attempt to create awareness of your Syslinux mailing list posting