H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I have released SYSLINUX 3.08-pre5. Sparse files should now work
> correctly in extlinux. Symlink support still needs to be added, though.
>
> -hpa
had a chance to try this out on my soekris net4801, for which I
requested the
'CONSOLE 0' feature, as implemented earlier in 3.0X series.
Im seeing a *subtle* effect from using the option, but other things are
going wrong for me
that might mask its larger effect.
1st, my testfile:
[root at harpo pxelinux.cfg]# more default
SERIAL 0 19200
CONSOLE 0
F9 pxelinux.cfg/help.txt
IMPLICIT 0
APPEND console=ttyS0,19200n81 root=/dev/hda1
DEFAULT menu.c32
LABEL kad1
LABEL truck
KERNEL vmlinuz-2.6.10-kad1
APPEND console=ttyS0,19200n81 root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=192.168.42.1:/nfshost/soekris
nfsaddrs=192.168.42.100:192.168.42.1:192.168.42.1:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0
panic=5 initrd=initrd-2.6.10-kad1.img
HERES WHAT I GET (attached too)
comBIOS ver. 1.26 20040721 Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Soekris Engineering.
net4801
0128 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode 266 Mhz
Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int
-------------------------------------------------------------------
0:00:0 1078 0001 06000000 0107 0280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000
0:06:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E101 A0000000 10
0:07:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E201 A0001000 10
0:08:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E301 A0002000 10
0:10:0 1799 6001 02000020 0117 0290 08 3F 00 0000E401 A0003000 11
0:18:2 100B 0502 01018001 0005 0280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000
0:19:0 0E11 A0F8 0C031008 0117 0280 08 38 00 A0004000 00000000 05
3 Seconds to automatic boot. Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
NSC DP83815/DP83816 Fast Ethernet UNDI, v1.03
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 National Semiconductor Corporation
All rights reserved.
Pre-boot eXecution Environment PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C2 46 C8
CLIENT IP: 192.168.42.100 MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 192.168.42.1
efaultnux.cfg/d
PXELINUX 3.08 3.08-pre5 Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin
Could not find kernel image: menu.c32
boot:
WRT the line between CLIENT IP and PXELINUX 3.08, (the Eth-addy)
During boot this screen-position scrolled repeatedly with text in a 15
char window, (wo newlines)
I saw copyright, HPA, 'UNDI', my IP, 'Trying to load' amongst
other things.
Also,
# comments are currently an error:
Unknown keyword in config file.
FYI, heres bios notes on Soekris net4801, ver 1.26, which I recently flashed
to try to cure the escape-sequences to the screen. my 3.0x testing
happened after flash, so I dont know which of 2 changes is more responsible
for the improvements.
comBIOS vers 1.26a
* Update for net45xx to fix CF issue introduced in 1.26
comBIOS vers 1.26
* improved support for PCI option ROM's
* updated PXE boot code
* improved int10/int16 serial console emulater
If I have default CONSOLE 1,
I get double chars on some output.
CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C2 46 C8
CLIENT IP: 192.168.42.100 MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 192.168.42.1
6-c8-00-24-c2-4
PXELINUX 3.08 3.08-pre5 Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin
gg ffiillee..ii
gg ffiillee..ii
..iigg ffiillee
..iigg ffiillee
..iigg ffiillee
uu..cc3322mmeenn
bboooott::
uu..cc3322mmeenn
bboooott::
uu..cc3322mmeenn