[syslinux] newbie question: pxelinux.cfg/default question

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andreas Kotes wrote:
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> this file should be called e.g. pxelinux.cfg/C0A81011 for host
> 192.168.16.17 to do what you want
> 
>> Is this possible - I tried to google and a few folks point to using
>> the MAC address of the booting client - i tried to place a file:
>> /pxelinux.cfg/00A0D1E35838
>> which contains the appropriate above configuration, and yet still the
>> boot process reads the pxelinux.cfg/default file.
> 
> it has to be the _IP address_ in hex, not the MAC address :)
> 

No, it can be the MAC address (which is tried before the IP address 
variants), but it needs to be in the proper format, in this case

pxelinux.cfg/01-00-a0-d1-e3-58-38

The leading 01- signifies Ethernet.

	-hpa