[et-mgmt-tools] PXE boot menus & older versions of pxelinux/syslinux
Michael DeHaan
mdehaan at redhat.com
Fri Feb 23 15:57:36 UTC 2007
Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>> I've noticed that the pxelinux that ships with RHEL4 (test platform:
>> RHEL4U4) does not work well at all with new PXE menus, though the
>> version shipping with FC6 works great. Basically it doesn't
>> understand the menu label options.
>>
>> If you have RHEL4's version of syslinux installed, the fix here is to
>> install a newer syslinux. I'll file the bug for good measure (if
>> this is even a bug?) and may bundle a known-good pxelinux.0 in the
>> next release. The workaround is pretty simple though. If anyone
>> still has questions, feel free to ask.
>
> Finally got the time to try out the newer 0.4.2 version.. the default
> menu gets created nicely and i am trying to use a local kickstart file
> rather than a URL (to explore templating options)..
>
> However, while trying to pxeboot a test server, it just stays at the
> menu (tab works fine though).. looks like i need to upgrade syslinux
> OR pxelinux.0 as you've mentioned. Now since syslinux needs an upgrade
> (the latest being 3.36) do you have any recommendations for the version?
>
> - dhawal
>
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It seems you've got it working (great!), though since you asked ... FC6
has 3.11-4, so anything equal to or newer than that should be fine.
Looks like you're running newer and that shouldn't cause any problems.
--MPD
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