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

Thanks Ady.  I have to stick with stable vs. experimental but I
appreciate the Debian suggestion.

I don't mean to troll anyone, but... how is 6.03 considered stable if
it does not correctly support keeppxe?  I have to go all the way back
to 4.xx for this to be supported?  Wow.  I still couldn't find it in
the docs online where it states keeppxe doesn't work.  I have some
"detail oriented" management who wants "proof" why I have to
run a
much older version of the PXE environment. *eye roll*

I'm in a catch 22 of sorts.  The older version I have from 2009 is so
old I don't see it under the OLD folder path under downloads.  That
version is starting to have trouble driving networking with some brand
new models of laptops, so I definitely have to upgrade.

Looks like 4.10 is where I need to go if I am sticking with SysLinux?

thank you,
David


On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Ady Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at
zytor.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>
>
> I would suggest trying Debian's "experimental" binaries
(which include
> potentially-relevant patches for keeppxe), including all its
"bios" lib*.c32
> files (beware not to mix with the efi files with same file names) and its
> linux.c32 (so as to replace the KERNEL directive, as follows):
>
> LABEL Ghost
> COM32 linux.c32
> APPEND memdisk keeppxe floppy rw initrd=bootimages/ghost.ima
>
> Even if you are not using Debian, the [experimental] binaries can be
downloaded
> and used anyway.
>
> Please replace _all_ files with the corresponding version (including
pxelinux.0
> + ldlinux.c32 + menu.c32 + linux.c32 + lib*.c32, all from the
"bios" platform);
> do not mix versions.
>
> Prior to 6.03, the last version to correctly support keeppxe was version(s)
> 4.xx.
>
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apologies, I take that back... I was in the TESTING path under
downloads.  Looks like 4.07 was latest stable 4.xx release?  thanks.

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:26 AM, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Ady.  I have to stick with stable vs. experimental but I
> appreciate the Debian suggestion.
>
> I don't mean to troll anyone, but... how is 6.03 considered stable if
> it does not correctly support keeppxe?  I have to go all the way back
> to 4.xx for this to be supported?  Wow.  I still couldn't find it in
> the docs online where it states keeppxe doesn't work.  I have some
> "detail oriented" management who wants "proof" why I
have to run a
> much older version of the PXE environment. *eye roll*
>
> I'm in a catch 22 of sorts.  The older version I have from 2009 is so
> old I don't see it under the OLD folder path under downloads.  That
> version is starting to have trouble driving networking with some brand
> new models of laptops, so I definitely have to upgrade.
>
> Looks like 4.10 is where I need to go if I am sticking with SysLinux?
>
> thank you,
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Ady Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at
zytor.com> wrote:
>>> 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?
>>
>>
>> I would suggest trying Debian's "experimental" binaries
(which include
>> potentially-relevant patches for keeppxe), including all its
"bios" lib*.c32
>> files (beware not to mix with the efi files with same file names) and
its
>> linux.c32 (so as to replace the KERNEL directive, as follows):
>>
>> LABEL Ghost
>> COM32 linux.c32
>> APPEND memdisk keeppxe floppy rw initrd=bootimages/ghost.ima
>>
>> Even if you are not using Debian, the [experimental] binaries can be
downloaded
>> and used anyway.
>>
>> Please replace _all_ files with the corresponding version (including
pxelinux.0
>> + ldlinux.c32 + menu.c32 + linux.c32 + lib*.c32, all from the
"bios" platform);
>> do not mix versions.
>>
>> Prior to 6.03, the last version to correctly support keeppxe was
version(s)
>> 4.xx.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Syslinux mailing list
>> Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com
>> Unsubscribe or set options at:
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Hi David,

it's a shot in the dark, but it might be worth trying lpxelinux.0 [1]
(instead of pxelinux.0) which contains the newer network stack before
falling back to older versions of syslinux.

On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 10:42:27 -0500
David McDowell via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> Looks like 4.07 was latest stable 4.xx release?  thanks.
I believe so.  According to the changelog, syslinux version 5.10 made a
big network stack change which I believe is affecting you.  So you could
also give 5.01 a try.

Good luck
Lukas

[1]?http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX#HTTP_and_FTP