Re: [Etherboot-users] pxelinux hangs with etherboot

[Marty C. <md...@et...>]

On Aug 20, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Dinesh P. wrote:
> hi,
>    I have created dos boot image using windows XP, and now running  
> it with memdisk package provided with syslinux, when i start client  
> computer after loading kernel in memory and loading init sequency  
> when loading dos nbi image it hangs on "Starting...." it might be  
> problem with support of memdisk with DOS boot image created from XP  
> or ME i checked on forum.
> Dinesh P.

Once again, and after being warned, you describe what you have done,  
but with few details, without config files, and without showing the  
steps you used to create the disk image, or boot the machine.

You would be wiser to describe in as much detail as possible what you  
wish to happen, and let people offer suggestions on how to actually  
go about it.

I have seen a number of discussions on the web describing things  
similar to what you wish to achieve.
Here's an interesting discussion that even includes a link to a disk  
image (NU2):

     http://home.allegiance.tv/~joem298/

I has screenshots, a discussion of what he did, and why, and  
downloadable images that can be used to recreate his work.

And, by the way, I find your (re)naming of this thread to "pxelinux  
hangs with etherboot" to be both deceptive and wrong.

While I personally think that the thread should be called

     "User with no clue demands free help!"

I have allowed this to continue for a while.

At this point, the problems you are pointing out are pretty clearly  
not provably related to Etherboot.  Further, you have ignored my  
requests to show your work.

Please take your problems with SYSLINUX/PXELINUX to the mailing list  
for that project, and unless you are willing to provide more specific  
details of your problem, do not post.

It brings me no joy to do this, but I think that it is the right  
thing to do.

Marty

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