[syslinux] pxelinux problem (plus a fix proposal)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jarek Polok wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> 
>>>It turns out that in my configuration pxelinux specific
>>>DHCP options are sent out by the server encapsulated 
>>>within vendor extension option (option 43, RFC 1533).
>>>
>>
>>Then fix your configuration file.
>>

> 
> Thank you for your attention, but I do not think
> that strictly speaking this is illegal behaviour..
> 

No, it's a misconfiguration on your part.


> Anyway , Best Regards
> 
> Jarek
> 
> PS: And unfortunately I cannot change my config: I need
>     three separate vendor-option-space(s), one of them
>     being for pxelinux related setup .... (to avoid 
>     options clash with other ones)
 >

PXELINUX doesn't use a vendor-option-space, it uses a site-option-space. 
  See the pxelinux documentation.

	-hpa