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jiewmeng

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Registered: 2012-02-09

Posts: 118

Syslinux on USB not booting Netboot install image (refreshing menu)

I have installed syslinux on a USB thumb drive. It appears to work except when I add the entry for netboot image as seen on site, syslinux appears to just refresh ...

LABEL archnetboot
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Netboot Environment
KERNEL /ipxe_text.lkrn

I believe this used to work. Or at least from what I remember I also just copied and paste in the past and it works.

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warriant

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Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 22

Re: Syslinux on USB not booting Netboot install image (refreshing menu)

Seconding. The text image just reboots.

robin67

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From: the Netherlands

Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 45

Re: Syslinux on USB not booting Netboot install image (refreshing menu)

I have installed syslinux on a USB thumb drive. It appears to work except when I add the entry for netboot image as seen on site, syslinux appears to just refresh ...

LABEL archnetboot
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Netboot Environment
KERNEL /ipxe_text.lkrn

I believe this used to work. Or at least from what I remember I also just copied and paste in the past and it works.

It worked and it is also described to be working here: https://releng.archlinux.org/pxeboot/

However...... For me it is not working anymore either. It seems to fail since the update to syslinux 6.x

Does anyone have an idea how it would be able to fix this so I can boot my VPS system on the remote PXE server like I used to ?

fellip_nectar

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Registered: 2011-01-23

Posts: 3

Re: Syslinux on USB not booting Netboot install image (refreshing menu)

It isn't working because the directory it fetches its kernel and initramfs from has been removed from the ftp site. :-/

Last edited by fellip_nectar (2014-02-22 22:00:13)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: Syslinux on USB not booting Netboot install image (refreshing menu)

There's already a bug report for this...

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38770?project=6

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