Steven Shiau
2013-Sep-12 03:55 UTC
[syslinux] Problem with pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20
Deal developers, I'd like to follow the thread http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2013-April/019761.html but change the subject to 'pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20' and provide more test cases. The pxelinux before version 5, e.g. version 4.06, worked very well with memtest86+ 4.20, all my PXE client machines, including VMWare workstation 9, VirtualBox 4.2, and all the real machines here, like Lenovo Thinkpad t410. However, after changing to pxelinux 5.10, with my pxelinux config: =======================label memtest MENU LABEL Memory test using Memtest86+ kernel memtest86 ======================= the client machines, VMWare workstation 9.02 and real machine, like Thinkpad t410, fail to boot into memtest. It just returns back to the pxelinux boot menu. However, for Virtualbox 4.2 client no such issue. Besides, we found if I boot the machines mentioned in the above, with CD using _isolinux_ 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20, all successfully boot into memtest. Hope these testing cases help. If you need more info, please let me know. Thanks. Steven. -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 4096R/47CF935C Fingerprint: 0240 1FEB 695D 7112 62F0 8796 11C1 12DA 47CF 935C
Steven Shiau
2013-Sep-12 04:24 UTC
[syslinux] Problem with pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20
On 2013/9/12 ?? 11:55, Steven Shiau wrote:> Deal developers, > I'd like to follow the thread > http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2013-April/019761.html > but change the subject to 'pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20' and > provide more test cases. > > The pxelinux before version 5, e.g. version 4.06, worked very well with > memtest86+ 4.20, all my PXE client machines, including VMWare > workstation 9, VirtualBox 4.2, and all the real machines here, like > Lenovo Thinkpad t410. > However, after changing to pxelinux 5.10, with my pxelinux config: > =======================> label memtest > MENU LABEL Memory test using Memtest86+ > kernel memtest86 > =======================> > the client machines, VMWare workstation 9.02 and real machine, like > Thinkpad t410, fail to boot into memtest. It just returns back to the > pxelinux boot menu. However, for Virtualbox 4.2 client no such issue. > > Besides, we found if I boot the machines mentioned in the above, with CD > using _isolinux_ 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20, all successfully boot into > memtest. > > Hope these testing cases help. If you need more info, please let me know. > Thanks. > > Steven. >BTW, forgot to mention, the file name "memtest86" used in the above config is actually renamed from http://www.memtest.org/download/4.20/memtest86+-4.20.bin.gz Steven. -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 4096R/47CF935C Fingerprint: 0240 1FEB 695D 7112 62F0 8796 11C1 12DA 47CF 935C
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Steven Shiau <steven at nchc.org.tw> wrote:> On 2013/9/12 11:55, Steven Shiau wrote: >> >> Deal developers, >> I'd like to follow the thread >> http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2013-April/019761.html >> but change the subject to 'pxelinux 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20' and >> provide more test cases. >> >> The pxelinux before version 5, e.g. version 4.06, worked very well with >> memtest86+ 4.20, all my PXE client machines, including VMWare >> workstation 9, VirtualBox 4.2, and all the real machines here, like >> Lenovo Thinkpad t410. >> However, after changing to pxelinux 5.10, with my pxelinux config: >> =======================>> label memtest >> MENU LABEL Memory test using Memtest86+ >> kernel memtest86 >> =======================pxelinux.0?>> the client machines, VMWare workstation 9.02 and real machine, like >> Thinkpad t410, fail to boot into memtest. It just returns back to the >> pxelinux boot menu. However, for Virtualbox 4.2 client no such issue. >> >> Besides, we found if I boot the machines mentioned in the above, with CD >> using _isolinux_ 5.10 and memtest86+ 4.20, all successfully boot into >> memtest. >> >> Hope these testing cases help. If you need more info, please let me know. >> Thanks. >> >> Steven. >> > BTW, forgot to mention, the file name "memtest86" used in the above config > is actually renamed from > http://www.memtest.org/download/4.20/memtest86+-4.20.bin.gzThanks for the details. I believe this is a result of how/where memtest wants to be loaded. I can confirm it's present in 5.11-pre9 but appears resolved for me in 6.02-pre16. I should be able to test in Workstation-9.0.2 tomorrow. -- -Gene