[syslinux] Important questions for PXELINUX users

[H. Peter Anvin]

Velu Erwan wrote:
>>- Do you use the PXELINUX-specific DHCP options?
> 
> My sample pxe configuration for the mandrakelinux rpm is to not use this
> options. The only time I'd tried to use the 211 option, the PXE rom had
> hang.

What PXE ROM, and using what configuration?

>>- Are you using vendor encapsulation (a vendor-option-space) or not
>>   (a site-option-space)?
> 
> option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
> vendor-option-space PXE;
> option PXE.mtftp-ip 0.0.0.0;

Why do you need this option?  Normally you shouldn't declare "PXEClient" 
unless you want to support the whole shebang.

	-hpa