[syslinux] more on PXELinux confiuration file woes

[James Jeffers]

I performed an experiment in which I had dhcpd specify a named file ("foo")
instead of
one based on a client's MAC address. Lo and behold, the same problem
occured. The PXE
stack requested and was served the right file, the kernel loaded as did the
initrd. But again, the
boot sequence stopped at "Ready."

Keep in mind that the contents of the file are the same as was in the
"default" file, which when PXE clients
requested and used, everything went very smoothly.


James Jeffers
Software Engineer
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