[syslinux] tftp problems with VIA EPIA-M board

[H. Peter Anvin]

Hugo Mills wrote:
>    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.
> 

That's actually perfectly normal; it's standard behaviour for most PXE
stacks.

>    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?

No idea; you don't give us enoguh information.

	-hpa