[syslinux] memdisk load failure on HP DL360g9

Rick Miller
Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:54:47 -0000

Hi all,

I have observed a problem where, under legacy BIOS booting mode on the
DL360g9, memdisk fails to execute.  The same mechanism works fine on the
DL360g8.  The system displays the below on the console and ceases to
respond and must be power cycled.  Updating the firmware didn't help.
There didn't appear to be any similar issues on the mailing list unless I
missed them.

Wondering if this has been observed before and whether or not there is an
existing resolution or workaround?

e820: 00000000000e0000 0000000000020000 2
e820: 0000000000100000 000000005a6a1000 1
e820: 000000005a7a1000 0000000000e40000 2
e820: 000000005b5e1000 000000001db1e000 1
e820: 00000000790ff000 0000000000100000 2
e820: 00000000791ff000 0000000002400000 4
e820: 000000007b5ff000 0000000000200000 3
e820: 000000007b7ff000 0000000000001000 1
e820: 000000007b800000 0000000000800000 2
e820: 000000007c000000 0000000003c00000 2
e820: 000000007fc00000 0000000000400000 2
e820: 0000000080000000 0000000010000000 2
e820: 00000000ff800000 0000000000800000 2
e820: 0000000100000000 0000001f80000000 1
Ramdisk at 0x57ba1000, length 0x02c00000
command line: raw harddisk
MEMDISK: Image seems to have fractional end cylinder
Disk is hd0, 45056 K, C/H/S = 5/255/63 (MBR/MBR), EDD on, rw
Using raw access to high memory
Code 1744, meminfo 228, cmdline 13, stack 512
Total size needed = 2497 bytes, allocating 3K
Old dos memory at 0x90c00 (map says 0x94000), loading at 0x90000
1588: 0xffff 15E801: 0x3c00 0x56ba
INT 13 08: Success, count = 3, BPT = 0000:0000

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Take care
Rick Miller