Syslinux - Feb 2018 - syslinux PXE boot version upgrade, network no longer working

Hardware with issue is a Lenovo T410 (circa 2007?):

SysLinux PXE boot (pxelinux.0) version 2009 - PXE boot works, select
Ghost from PXE menu, PC-DOS loads, Ghost.exe runs and networking is
working for Ghostcast/peer to peer.

SysLinux PXE boot (pxelinux.0) version 2014 - PXE boot works, select
Ghost from PXE menu, PC-DOS loads, Ghost.exe runs and networking is
NOT working for Ghostcast/peer to peer.

The PC-DOS has a universal network driver (UNDI) 11.1 (boot disk made
from Ghost 11.5 Book Disk Wizard).

My "default" file configuration and .ima floppy disk image are
identical in both environments:

DEFAULT menu.c32
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 300
MENU TITLE PXE Boot Menu
LABEL Ghost
 MENU LABEL ^Ghost
 MENU IMMEDIATE
 KERNEL memdisk
 APPEND keeppxe floppy rw initrd=bootimages/ghost.ima

My TFTP is identical in both environments:
TFTPD64 v4.60 Build Jan 28 2017 18:55:26 (Service Edition)

Only difference is the version of SysLinux (pxeconfig.0 and its
corresponding files from 2009 version: menu.c32, memdisk and in the
2014 version add ldlinux.c32).  I have tried with and without
"keeppxe" in the APPEND line.

Interesting side note: Lenovo T420 works in both environments,
networking loads (as do many other models)

Ideas?
thanks,
David

> Hardware with issue is a Lenovo T410 (circa 2007?):
> 
> SysLinux PXE boot (pxelinux.0) version 2009 - PXE boot works, select
> Ghost from PXE menu, PC-DOS loads, Ghost.exe runs and networking is
> working for Ghostcast/peer to peer.
> 
> SysLinux PXE boot (pxelinux.0) version 2014 - PXE boot works, select
> Ghost from PXE menu, PC-DOS loads, Ghost.exe runs and networking is
> NOT working for Ghostcast/peer to peer.
> 
> The PC-DOS has a universal network driver (UNDI) 11.1 (boot disk made
> from Ghost 11.5 Book Disk Wizard).
> 
> My "default" file configuration and .ima floppy disk image are
> identical in both environments:
> 
> DEFAULT menu.c32
> PROMPT 0
> TIMEOUT 300
> MENU TITLE PXE Boot Menu
> LABEL Ghost
>  MENU LABEL ^Ghost
>  MENU IMMEDIATE
>  KERNEL memdisk
>  APPEND keeppxe floppy rw initrd=bootimages/ghost.ima
> 
> My TFTP is identical in both environments:
> TFTPD64 v4.60 Build Jan 28 2017 18:55:26 (Service Edition)
> 
> Only difference is the version of SysLinux (pxeconfig.0 and its
> corresponding files from 2009 version: menu.c32, memdisk and in the
> 2014 version add ldlinux.c32).  I have tried with and without
> "keeppxe" in the APPEND line.
> 
> Interesting side note: Lenovo T420 works in both environments,
> networking loads (as do many other models)
> 
> Ideas?
> thanks,
> David
 
 
I am guessing that "keeppxe" is needed.

Although versions "2009" and "2014" are not really
"versions", "2014" is
probably version 6.03, which is still/yet not supporting "keeppxe".
This is a
known problem.

BTW, for menu.c32 "2014" you should also need its corresponding
libutil.c32
(although, if your "default" file only has one entry, then menu.c32 is
useless;
i.e. the menu won't show up anyway).

You could try the binaries from Debian's "experimental" repo
(replace _all_ of
them, not just pxelinux.0). Feedback is appreciated.
 
 
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My ?default? was just a sample to prevent further tl;dr :)

Right, by 2014 I meant 6.03. I didn?t notice in the docs this was a known issue.
If keeppxe is a bug with 6.03, that?s likely my issue. Do I drop back to 6.02 or
X? Which version?

Thanks,
David

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> On Feb 1, 2018, at 6:53 PM, Ady Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at
zytor.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hardware with issue is a Lenovo T410 (circa 2007?):
>> 
>> SysLinux PXE boot (pxelinux.0) version 2009 - PXE boot works, select
>> Ghost from PXE menu, PC-DOS loads, Ghost.exe runs and networking is
>> working for Ghostcast/peer to peer.
>> 
>> SysLinux PXE boot (pxelinux.0) version 2014 - PXE boot works, select
>> Ghost from PXE menu, PC-DOS loads, Ghost.exe runs and networking is
>> NOT working for Ghostcast/peer to peer.
>> 
>> The PC-DOS has a universal network driver (UNDI) 11.1 (boot disk made
>> from Ghost 11.5 Book Disk Wizard).
>> 
>> My "default" file configuration and .ima floppy disk image
are
>> identical in both environments:
>> 
>> DEFAULT menu.c32
>> PROMPT 0
>> TIMEOUT 300
>> MENU TITLE PXE Boot Menu
>> LABEL Ghost
>> MENU LABEL ^Ghost
>> MENU IMMEDIATE
>> KERNEL memdisk
>> APPEND keeppxe floppy rw initrd=bootimages/ghost.ima
>> 
>> My TFTP is identical in both environments:
>> TFTPD64 v4.60 Build Jan 28 2017 18:55:26 (Service Edition)
>> 
>> Only difference is the version of SysLinux (pxeconfig.0 and its
>> corresponding files from 2009 version: menu.c32, memdisk and in the
>> 2014 version add ldlinux.c32).  I have tried with and without
>> "keeppxe" in the APPEND line.
>> 
>> Interesting side note: Lenovo T420 works in both environments,
>> networking loads (as do many other models)
>> 
>> Ideas?
>> thanks,
>> David
> 
> 
> I am guessing that "keeppxe" is needed.
> 
> Although versions "2009" and "2014" are not really
"versions", "2014" is
> probably version 6.03, which is still/yet not supporting
"keeppxe". This is a
> known problem.
> 
> BTW, for menu.c32 "2014" you should also need its corresponding
libutil.c32
> (although, if your "default" file only has one entry, then
menu.c32 is useless;
> i.e. the menu won't show up anyway).
> 
> You could try the binaries from Debian's "experimental" repo
(replace _all_ of
> them, not just pxelinux.0). Feedback is appreciated.
> 
> 
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