Maximilian Pasternak
2013-Apr-02 17:23 UTC
[syslinux] Problem with pxelinux 5.0 and memtest
Hi there, ----- Original Message ----- From: koxudaxi at gmail.com To: syslinux at zytor.com Date: 01.04.2013 10:00:27 Subject: Re: [syslinux] Problem with pxelinux 5.0 and memtest> On 04/01/2013 09:28 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 03/31/2013 05:26 PM, Koudai Aono wrote: >>> I ran the test on a x86 emulator is called Oracle VirtualBox. >>> I think it might not be standard trouble ,because the machine is not >>> real machine. >>> but, same memtest binary can boot on pxelinux 4.0.6.i tried these combinations using VirtualBox 4.2.10: pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86 4.20 (memdisk + iso) pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86 4.20 (memtest extracted from iso) pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memdisk + iso) pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memtest.bin) pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86+ 5.00RC1 (memtest.bin) pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86 4.20 (memdisk + iso) pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86 4.20 (memtest extracted from iso) pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memdisk + iso) pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memtest.bin) pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 5.00RC1 (memtest.bin) All of these worked OK.> i tried booting two versions of pxelinux on NEC 5800/GT110[Corei7 860]. > pxelinux returned to the bootmenu when i selected memtest4.2 on the > bootmenu. > also other machines can't boot memtest4.2 on 5.10-pre3 + 5.01. > but, i checked pxelinux 4.0.6 + memtest4.2 can boot on same environments.Please check/post your configuration and the layout of your tftp-folder. Best regards Maximilian
> i tried these combinations using VirtualBox 4.2.10: > > pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86 4.20 (memdisk + iso) > pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86 4.20 (memtest extracted from iso) > pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memdisk + iso) > pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memtest.bin) > pxelinux.0 v5.01 + memtest86+ 5.00RC1 (memtest.bin) > > pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86 4.20 (memdisk + iso) > pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86 4.20 (memtest extracted from iso) > pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memdisk + iso) > pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memtest.bin) > pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 5.00RC1 (memtest.bin) > > All of these worked OK.thank you. this worked ok on VirtualBox 4.2.10 pxelinux.0 v5.10pre2 + memtest86+ 4.20 (memtest.bin) previous test, i use old version of virtual box .>> i tried booting two versions of pxelinux on NEC 5800/GT110[Corei7 860]. >> pxelinux returned to the bootmenu when i selected memtest4.2 on the >> bootmenu. >> also other machines can't boot memtest4.2 on 5.10-pre3 + 5.01. >> but, i checked pxelinux 4.0.6 + memtest4.2 can boot on same environments. > Please check/post your configuration and the layout of your tftp-folder.but, real machine can't boot with same environments yet. i put my tftp-folder and /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf on tail of the post. i researched why can't boot . i usually use a menu of pxelinux. but i use prompt for the test this time. type "memtest" > boot: memtest result is >Booting kernel failed: No such file or directory i looked for where the error come from. the way is adding printf() in source. i found this. com32/lib/syslinux/load_linux.c |394 if (!ok) 395 goto bail;| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/com32/lib/syslinux/load_linux.c?id=a107cb3b6fa219cf5f65bef366c9b00b108e9a3a#n395 <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/com32/lib/syslinux/load_linux.c?id=a107cb3b6fa219cf5f65bef366c9b00b108e9a3a#n405> however, isolinux.bin 5.10pre2 can run which from same source. i think pxelinux.0 5.10pre2 can't set real-mode. amap might be bad. com32/lib/syslinux/load_linux.c |309 amap= syslinux_dup_memmap(mmap); /* Keep track of available memory */ | http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/com32/lib/syslinux/load_linux.c?id=a107cb3b6fa219cf5f65bef366c9b00b108e9a3a#n309 <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/com32/lib/syslinux/load_linux.c?id=a107cb3b6fa219cf5f65bef366c9b00b108e9a3a#n315> sorry,i don't understand all source code of syslinux. also change log . my knowledge of assemble is poor. the consideration may be false. Would you please check the code ? tftp-folder: cat.c32 chain.c32 cmd.c32 config.c32 cptime.c32 cpuid.c32 cpuidtest.c32 disk.c32 dmitest.c32 elf.c32 ethersel.c32 gfxboot.c32 gpxecmd.c32 gpxelinux.0 hdt.c32 hdt.cfg hdt.img hexdump.c32 host.c32 ifcpu.c32 ifcpu64.c32 ifmemdsk.c32 ifplop.c32 images kbdmap.c32 kontron_wdt.c32 ldlinux.c32 libcom32.c32 libgpl.c32 liblua.c32 libmenu.c32 libutil.c32 linux.c32 lpxelinux.0 ls.c32 lua.c32 mboot.c32 memdisk memdump.com meminfo.c32 memtest menu.c32 pcitest.c32 pmload.c32 poweroff.c32 prdhcp.c32 pwd.c32 pxechn.c32 pxelinux.0 pxelinux.cfg pxelinux.cfg/0 pxelinux.cfg/default reboot.c32 rosh.c32 sanboot.c32 sdi.c32 sysdump.c32 vesainfo.c32 vesamenu.c32 vpdtest.c32 whichsys.c32 zzjson.c32 /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf option space PXE; option PXE.mtftp-ip code 1 = ip-address; option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16; option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16; option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8; option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8; option arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16; subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.240.0 { option routers 192.168.0.1; range 192.168.15.2 192.168.15.254; option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1; option broadcast-address 192.168.15.255; option subnet-mask 255.255.240.0; default-lease-time 3600; max-lease-time 7200; class "pxeclients" { match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient"; next-server 192.168.15.1; if option arch = 00:02 { filename "ia64/elilo.efi"; } else if option arch = 00:06 { filename "/bootia32.efi"; } else if option arch = 00:07 { filename "/bootx64.efi"; } else { filename "/pxelinux.0"; } } } AONO Koudai