[syslinux] tftp problems with VIA EPIA-M board

[Hugo Mills]

   I'm trying to boot linux on a VIA EPIA-M board (a Nehemiah-based
M10000), and I'm having some trouble with it. I'm watching the network
transactions with ethereal, and I'm seeing a failure at what appears
to be the tftp stage.

   The M10000 picks up its IP address from the dhcp server (ISC
DHCP3), and reports it correctly on the screen. Then the tftp session
starts, and I get the following packets in ethereal:

Client udp/2070 to Server udp/69: Read request /tftpboot/pxelinux.0
Server udp/32872 to Client udp/2070: Option acknowledgement, tsize=10832
Client udp/2070 to Server udp/32872: Error code, not defined (0), TFTP aborted

   This is with tftpd-hpa. I've tried with atftpd, and I get much the
same conversation -- an error code immediately after an option ack.

   The hardware is a VIA-Rhine II (VT6102), claiming "Intel UNDI,
PXE-2.0 (build 082)" when the PEX boot sequence starts. Is this a duff
PXE implementation, or something stupid I've done?

   Thanks,
   Hugo.

PS. This mailing list seems to have "issues" with PGP/MIME signed
emails. Is that the case?

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