Hello, we have the following problem: - a new Dell Optiplex 740 boots pxelinux.0 - loads the kernel - start to load the miniroot.gz and crashs after loading about 1/5 of the miniroot The tftpd messages are: Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Advanced Trivial FTP server started (0.7) Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2070 Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2071 Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1d-09-1d-aa-ed to 10.10.100.113:57089 Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/0A0A6471 to 10.10.100.113:57090 Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/install to 10.10.100.113:57091 Feb 21 14:48:33 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/miniroot.gz to 10.10.100.113:57092 Feb 21 14:48:41 srv006 atftpd[26225]: timeout: retrying... Feb 21 14:49:01 srv006 last message repeated 4 times We tried different versions of pxelinux (3.11, 3.61, 3.62-pre12) with no success. Then we tried version 2.04 from 2003 and all works fine. We think it is no good idea to use this old version in a 400 Client environment. Attached is hardware inventary file of this optiplex 740. Any idea what going wrong here ? regards detlef oertel http://opsi.org -- detlef oertel Tel. 06131 / 27561-10 Fax 06131 / 27561-22 eMail: d.oertel at uib.de uib gmbh Firmensitz / Anschrift: Bonifaziusplatz 1B 55118 Mainz internet: www.uib.de Gesch?ftsf?hrer: dr. detlef oertel Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Mainz HRB 6942 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: nc221-10.hw URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20080221/69957a1d/attachment.ksh>
Op 21-02-2008 om 16:44 schreef detlef oertel:> Hello, > > we have the following problem: > - a new Dell Optiplex 740 boots pxelinux.0 > - loads the kernel > - start to load the miniroot.gz and crashs after loading about 1/5 of the miniroot > > The tftpd messages are: > Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Advanced Trivial FTP server started (0.7) > Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2070 > Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2071 > Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1d-09-1d-aa-ed to 10.10.100.113:57089 > Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/0A0A6471 to 10.10.100.113:57090 > Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/install to 10.10.100.113:57091 > Feb 21 14:48:33 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/miniroot.gz to 10.10.100.113:57092 > Feb 21 14:48:41 srv006 atftpd[26225]: timeout: retrying... > Feb 21 14:49:01 srv006 last message repeated 4 times > > > We tried different versions of pxelinux (3.11, 3.61, 3.62-pre12) with no success. > Then we tried version 2.04 from 2003 and all works fine. > We think it is no good idea to use this old version in a 400 Client environment. > > Any idea what going wrong here ?Not yet. What is the version of the kernel? What is the size of the initial RAM disk? Is it possible to put your kernel and miniroot.gz on a public server, so that it can be tested in another enviroment? Cheers Geert Stappers
detlef oertel wrote:> > We tried different versions of pxelinux (3.11, 3.61, 3.62-pre12) with no success. > Then we tried version 2.04 from 2003 and all works fine. > We think it is no good idea to use this old version in a 400 Client environment. > > Attached is hardware inventary file of this optiplex 740. > > Any idea what going wrong here ? >No idea. Since you have a working version, albeit ancient, it would be useful if you could find out the exact version *including prereleases* which is the last one working. Even better, if you're comfortable with "git bisect", pull the git tree and try to bisect: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git cd syslinux git bisect start git bisect good git bisect syslinux-2.04 Then: make spotless && make make bisect {good|bad} ... repeat until done ... Unfortunately, it's easy to land at an "unbisectable" spot :( If so, it helps to narrow down the "good/bad" range by trying releases and prereleases as I mentioned above. -hpa
H. Peter Anvin wrote:> > git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git > cd syslinux > git bisect start > git bisect good > git bisect syslinux-2.04 >That should have been: git bisect start git bisect bad # The current version is bad git bisect good syslinux-2.04 # This version was good Sorry about that... -hpa
Geert Stappers schrieb:> Op 21-02-2008 om 16:44 schreef detlef oertel: >> Hello, >> >> we have the following problem: >> - a new Dell Optiplex 740 boots pxelinux.0 >> - loads the kernel >> - start to load the miniroot.gz and crashs after loading about 1/5 of the miniroot >> >> The tftpd messages are: >> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Advanced Trivial FTP server started (0.7) >> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2070 >> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2071 >> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1d-09-1d-aa-ed to 10.10.100.113:57089 >> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/0A0A6471 to 10.10.100.113:57090 >> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/install to 10.10.100.113:57091 >> Feb 21 14:48:33 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/miniroot.gz to 10.10.100.113:57092 >> Feb 21 14:48:41 srv006 atftpd[26225]: timeout: retrying... >> Feb 21 14:49:01 srv006 last message repeated 4 times >> >> >> We tried different versions of pxelinux (3.11, 3.61, 3.62-pre12) with no success. >> Then we tried version 2.04 from 2003 and all works fine. >> We think it is no good idea to use this old version in a 400 Client environment. >> >> Any idea what going wrong here ? > > Not yet. > > What is the version of the kernel? > What is the size of the initial RAM disk? > > Is it possible to put your kernel and miniroot.gz on a public server, > so that it can be tested in another enviroment? > > > Cheers > Geert Stappers > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic.Hello, here are the requested informations Kernelversion is 2.6.24 ramdisk_size=159844 Kernel and miniroot can be found in the following debian package: http://download.uib.de/debian/dists/etch/opsi3.2/binary-i386/opsi-linux-bootimage_20080207-1_all.deb The crash happens before the Kernel starts - while loading the miniroot.gz I forgot to mention that it is not only a pxelinux.0 based problem: with isolinux we get the same situation (3.11 fails, 2.04 works) Thanks detlef oertel -- detlef oertel Tel. 06131 / 27561-10 Fax 06131 / 27561-22 eMail: d.oertel at uib.de uib umwelt informatik b?ro gmbh Firmensitz / Anschrift: Bonifaziusplatz 1B 55118 Mainz internet: www.uib.de Gesch?ftsf?hrer: dr. detlef oertel Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Mainz HRB 6942
Hello, attached 2 screenshots of the meminfo.c32 output. Anything else we can do ? regards detlef oertel H. Peter Anvin schrieb:> detlef oertel wrote: >> sorry for the delay. >> Here are the test results with isolinux: >> 2.04 ok >> 2.07 ok >> 2.08 ok >> 2.09-pre7 ok >> 2.09-pre11 ok >> 2.09-pre13 ok >> 2.09-pre15 not ok >> 2.09 not ok >> > > Okay, the only obvious difference between 2.09-pre13 and -pre15 is > checkin 8340f5e03ec7d5abd68f55a76e7e8c9bf8a29ecc, "Better E820 memory > parser." That would make sense given the symptoms, too. > > If you can run meminfo.c32 on this box and post the output, that would > be a good place to start figuring this out. > > -hpa > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic.-- detlef oertel Tel. 06131 / 27561-10 Fax 06131 / 27561-22 eMail: d.oertel at uib.de uib gmbh Firmensitz / Anschrift: Bonifaziusplatz 1B 55118 Mainz internet: www.uib.de Gesch?ftsf?hrer: dr. detlef oertel Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Mainz HRB 6942 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 25-03-08_1231.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 76362 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20080325/ebed36aa/attachment.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 25-03-08_1232.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 63559 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20080325/ebed36aa/attachment-0001.jpg>