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Peter, Paulo reported some problems with his config files under ISOLINUX and PXELINUX - basically TIMEOUT and TOTALTIMEOUT were broken. The patches I've pushed to the elflink branch fix this and also fix parsing of the ALLOWOPTIONS config directive. The following changes since commit d5e02fb16a11bfdbce1e90a39e6cb5f2ad925389: get_key: Valid key values are positive (2012-04-17 11:25:53 -0700) are available in th...

...entation) Regards, Dany St-Amant *Problem statement* When MENU HIDDEN is used on an headless server, any noise on the serial console can interrupt the boot; it would be preferable if there only specific keys were allowed to interrupt, reducing the probability of unwanted interruption. Even with TOTALTIMEOUT present, there's a delay present as TOTALTIMEOUT has to be large enough to make it useable during intentional boot interruption. *Basic behaviour change* Provide a way to assign "reveal menu" to specific key(s) Provide a default behaviour for unassigned keys (other than current &quo...

...blems with the configuration. I want to implement following: wait 5 seconds till the users chooses the right label. if nothing is done for 5 seconds it should boot from next boot device specified by the BIOS. I configured syslinux like that: default menu.c32 prompt 0 timeout 50 ONTIMEOUT localboot totaltimeout 200 display boot.msg MENU TITLE Installation Version 1.2 F1 boot.msg F2 options.msg F3 general.msg F4 param.msg F5 rescue.msg F7 snake.msg label linux MENU LABEL Linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 label text MENU LABEL Linux Text Installation kernel vmlinuz...

...statement* >> >> When MENU HIDDEN is used on an headless server, any noise on the serial >> console can interrupt the boot; it would be preferable if there only specific >> keys were allowed to interrupt, reducing the probability of unwanted >> interruption. Even with TOTALTIMEOUT present, there's a delay present as >> TOTALTIMEOUT has to be large enough to make it useable during intentional boot >> interruption. > > > Sounds like 'MENU SHIFTKEY' would be useful for your case. I have to admit that I did not tried MENU SHIFTKEY. I simply as...

...the menu.elf + menu.c32 to the concerned directory? The menu.elf is needed or it shall be renamed as menu.c32 ? Shall ldlinux.sys be too coming from same file? my simple example of menu: default menu.c32 prompt 0 MENU TITLE Sample Menu MENU AUTOBOOT Starting SuperOS in # seconds timeout 300 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 label superLinuxOS MENU DEFAULT MENU LABEL SuperOS 5.3 kernel live/vmlinuz append initrd=live/initrd.gz root=/dev/sda2 label disk0 localboot 0 MENU LABEL Boot disk (0x80) Thank you Best regards, Pat

Hi all, I can't suppress TAB menu prompt and I wonder if this feature is working or not. I'm using extlinux and here is a cut from extlinux.conf: UI menu.c32 prompt 0 MENU TITLE MYPC MENU AUTOBOOT Automatic boot in # second{,s}... MENU NOTABMSG timeout 100 TOTALTIMEOUT 1800 label main MENU DEFAULT MENU LABEL Linux Kernel 3.x ... I'm using latest code from the git tagged as 6.03-pre13. Is there any additional trick I need to make it work? Regards, Alexey

Ive got a soekris 4801 on which Ive used pxelinux... its bios is set to go to pxeboot 1st, then localboot. Ive got: label bootlocal MENU label ^9 Boot Local localboot 0 # timeout 80 # TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 but using hangs: Booting from local disk... PXE-M0F: Exiting MacPhyter PXE ROM. then nothing. the same compact flash image works fine when boot order is 80 1st, or when ethernet cable is unplugged and so pxeboot firmware falls back to 80 reboot.c32 reboots successfully. Ive also tried loc...

...new-syslinux" to my tftp-host (I replaced my working syslinux-5.10 installation). I rebooted a client (HP DL120 G7 system) and expected to see my pxeboot menu like before, but nothing happen. tftp-host # cat /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default DEFAULT menu PROMPT 0 MENU TITLE PXE Menu TIMEOUT 100 TOTALTIMEOUT 6000 ONTIMEOUT local LABEL local MENU LABEL (local) MENU DEFAULT LOCALBOOT 0 LABEL Memtest86+ 4.20 MENU LABEL Memtest86+ 4.20 KERNEL memtest/420/memtest LABEL Sysresccd x86-64 3.7.0 MENU LABEL Sysresccd x86-64 3.7.0 KERNEL sysresccd/370/altker64 append initrd=sysresccd/370/initram.igz do...

This module is able to power off a system via APM. It was tested on QEMU, Bochs and VMware. Possible usage: TIMEOUT 3000 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 ONTIMEOUT poweroff.com - Sebastian Index: syslinux-3.80-pre7/modules/poweroff.asm =================================================================== --- /dev/null +++ syslinux-3.80-pre7/modules/poweroff.asm @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ + absolute 0 +pspInt20: resw 1 +pspNextP: resw 1 + resb 124 +pspC...

...oot-vmlinuz /tftboot/CentOS5.5-netboot-initrd.img /tftboot/memdisk Here's my /tftboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file: default menu.c32 menu.cfg prompt 0 Here's /tftboot/menu.cfg MENU TITLE PXE Boot Menu MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Localy in # seconds default menu.c32 prompt 0 timeout 80 TOTALTIMEOUT 100 label Local MENU DEFAULT MENU LABEL ^Boot from the local hard drive localboot 0 label CentOSNetBoot MENU LABEL CentOS5.5-NetBoot kernel CentOS5.5-netboot-vmlinuz append initrd=CentOS5.5-netboot-initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 noapic acpi=...

Hello hpa, We are developing a Xen-based virtualization service, and we are trying to reduce excessive CPU utilization at isolinux boot prompts. When users boot up a virtual machine on an isolinux boot CD, the CPU starts spinning at 100%. These machines frequently get left in this state for days or weeks, degrading the service for everyone else. You replied to the work-around discussed in

...> > *Problem statement* > > When MENU HIDDEN is used on an headless server, any noise on the serial > console can interrupt the boot; it would be preferable if there only specific > keys were allowed to interrupt, reducing the probability of unwanted > interruption. Even with TOTALTIMEOUT present, there's a delay present as > TOTALTIMEOUT has to be large enough to make it useable during intentional boot > interruption. Sounds like 'MENU SHIFTKEY' would be useful for your case. > > *Basic behaviour change* > > Provide a way to assign "reveal...

From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at linux.intel.com> These patches are based on the elflink branch. This set of patches is my attempt at moving the command-line interface functionality out of the core and into an ELF module to reduce the size of the core. The most interesting patch is [PATCH 4/4] which moves the cli code out of core/elflink and into com32/elflink/modules. [PATCH 4/4] is

Hi. I have looked at PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert on how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended installation. Could someone help me with that? Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email?

...pt 0 menu title PXE Wiki Boot Menu example menu INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds label selfload menu label ^Main, self-reload menu default timeout 200 KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 LABEL Tools Menu MENU LABEL ^Tools Men # timeout 50 KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf pxelinux.cfg/c32tools.menu LABEL Setup Menu MENU LABEL ^Setup Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu...

Hi, For some time now I have been using pxelinux to add a helpful 'administrator' boot mode to our workstations with the following 'pxelinux.cfg/default' config: ---- DEFAULT local PROMPT 0 TIMEOUT 0 TOTALTIMEOUT 1 ONTIMEOUT menu ALLOWOPTIONS 0 NOESCAPE 0 LABEL local LOCALBOOT 0 LABEL menu CONFIG /pxelinux.cfg/default-menu ---- This is great as by default it goes straight to a local harddisk boot however if you hold down one of the escape (modifier) keys on boot then it drops you into a con...

Hi, I'm missing something in my isolinux.cfg configuration but I'm not quite sure what it is. menu.c32 displays properly over video console, but on the serial connection, the first letter of the labels are duplicated, and the margin is pushed off towards the right: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59666947/isolinux.jpg my config is: --- cut --- 1. serial 0 115200 2. console 0 3. 4.

...ranque necesario en el MBR y marcar? la partici?n como activa. 5. Crear un fichero syslinux.cfg en la carpeta syslinux con la siguiente informaci?n UI vesamenu.c32 MENU TITLE Instalador via USB Aeana Malaga MENU AUTOBOOT Se iniciara la instalaci?n de Windows en # segundos Timeout 300 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 DEFAULT boot_hd0 LABEL boot_hd0 MENU LABEL Arrancar desde primer Disco Duro COM32 chain.c32 APPEND hd0 LABEL windows_installer MENU LABEL instalar windows COM32 chain.c32 APPEND boot 1 ntldr=/bootmgr 6. Finalmente copiar al pendrive todo el contenido del dvd de instalaci?n de...

...n the install progress. My default file is this: DEFAULT menu.c32 PROMPT 0 MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds LABEL bootlocal MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale MENU DEFAULT LOCALBOOT 0 TIMEOUT 80 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 LABEL SetupMenu MENU LABEL ^Setup Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu and my setup.menu file is this: MENU TITLE Setup Menu LABEL MainMenu MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default LABEL E63...

I ended up implementing the "totaltimeout" command per discussion on the SYSLINUX mailing list, and adjusted the timeout of the menu system accordingly. The necessary restructuring really wasn't too painful with judicious use of longjmp() and subroutines -- basically poor man's exception handling. Thus, I have released 3...