Syslinux - Dec 2005 - ONTIMEOUT LOCALBOOT -1 and menu.c32 -

Hi,

I am having some problem with LOCALBOOT and menu.c32

This is my isolinux.cfg:
-------------------------------------------
default menu.c32
timeout 50
prompt 0
ontimeout local
menu title "TITLE"

label livecd
      menu default
      manu label "LiveCD"
      kernel gentoo
  	append initrd=initrd.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs
loop=/ livecd.squashfs dokeymap  cdroot vga=791
splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.1 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 quiet

label local
      menu label "Boot from harddrive"
      LOCALBOOT -1

-------------------------------------------

Now if I let it timeout, it just reloads the menu and starts the countdown over
again.

By choosing "Boot from harddrive" on the menu the systems boots from
the harddrive.

I also tried with ontimeout LOCALBOOT -1 but this give me the same result.
Also LOCALBOOT 0 and LOCALBOOT 0x80 give me the same result, the menu just
reloads and the timeout countdown starts all over again.



Anyone who can see what I am doing wrong?


Mvh
Harald Jens?s

On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:55:24PM +0100, Harald_Jensas at Dell.com
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having some problem with LOCALBOOT and menu.c32
> Anyone who can see what I am doing wrong?
what is the desired behavior?

-nate

Hi,

Thank you for the replies and discussion regarding booting local harddrive.

LOCALBOOT -1 seems to work fine for me.


 The problem is: 
 	This: 
		ontimeout local

Does not do the same as selecting the local or "Boot from harddrive"
on the menu and pressing ENTER.

Is not ontimeout supposed to automatically select the label specified and do the
same thing as selecting and pressing enter?



Best Regards
Harald Jens?s

 		

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Sent: den 27 december 2005 13:55
To: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: [syslinux] ONTIMEOUT LOCALBOOT -1 and menu.c32 - 

Hi,

I am having some problem with LOCALBOOT and menu.c32

This is my isolinux.cfg:
-------------------------------------------
default menu.c32
timeout 50
prompt 0
ontimeout local
menu title "TITLE"

label livecd
      menu default
      manu label "LiveCD"
      kernel gentoo
  	append initrd=initrd.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs
loop=/ livecd.squashfs dokeymap  cdroot vga=791
splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.1 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 quiet

label local
      menu label "Boot from harddrive"
      LOCALBOOT -1

-------------------------------------------

Now if I let it timeout, it just reloads the menu and starts the countdown over
again.

By choosing "Boot from harddrive" on the menu the systems boots from
the harddrive.

I also tried with ontimeout LOCALBOOT -1 but this give me the same result.
Also LOCALBOOT 0 and LOCALBOOT 0x80 give me the same result, the menu just
reloads and the timeout countdown starts all over again.



Anyone who can see what I am doing wrong?


Mvh
Harald Jens?s

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Harald_Jensas at Dell.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you for the replies and discussion regarding booting local harddrive.
> 
> LOCALBOOT -1 seems to work fine for me.
> 
> 
>  The problem is: 
>  	This: 
> 		ontimeout local
> 
> Does not do the same as selecting the local or "Boot from
harddrive" on the menu and pressing ENTER.
> 
> Is not ontimeout supposed to automatically select the label specified and
do the same thing as selecting and pressing enter?
> 
It should.  Clearly something is wrong.

	-hpa

Forgot to CC the mailing list. Sorry.


Hi,

Yes, somthing is wrong. :)
And it is menu.c32 that cause the problem.

If I let menu.c32 laod and count down, it fails. Just reloads the menu and
starts a new countdown.
If I ESC from the menu to get a prompt and wait until timout it works.
If I press TAB and it lists ".localboot -1" and press ENTER it works.
If I do not load menu.c32 it also work.
If I change "ontimeout" to point to a lable that should load the linux
from CD and I get the same result.

It is only the combination "ontimeout", "PROMPT 0" and
"menu.c32" loaded that fails.

I can imagine menu.c32 has it's own timout code? And possibly eaven it's
own ontimeout code?
I can imagine the problem will be there, and how menu.c32 sends commands back to
ISILINUX?

I use ISOLINUX 3.11 and the menu.c32 from the syslinux-3.11 package from
kernel.org.

I also tried with ISOLINUX.BIN and menu.c32 from the syslinux-3.20-pre3 from
kernel.org and I get the same problem.


Is there any way I can help give more information?



Best Regards
Harald Jens?s


 

-----Original Message-----
From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com]
Sent: den 5 januari 2006 10:16
To: Jensas, Harald
Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] ONTIMEOUT LOCALBOOT -1 and menu.c32 -

Harald_Jensas at Dell.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you for the replies and discussion regarding booting local harddrive.
> 
> LOCALBOOT -1 seems to work fine for me.
> 
> 
>  The problem is: 
>  	This: 
> 		ontimeout local
> 
> Does not do the same as selecting the local or "Boot from
harddrive" on the menu and pressing ENTER.
> 
> Is not ontimeout supposed to automatically select the label specified and
do the same thing as selecting and pressing enter?
> 
It should.  Clearly something is wrong.

	-hpa