[syslinux] pxelinux bootup problems on EPIA-M

Andrea Rosso arosso at esri.com
Sun Jun 15 23:08:52 PDT 2003


Hugo,

I tried following your directions. Now my dhcpd.conf file looks like:


allow booting;
allow bootp;

# Standard configuration directives...

option domain-name "rossoweb.com";
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.2.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.1;
option routers 192.168.2.1;

ddns-update-style none;
subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
 range 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.255;
}

option space PXE;
option PXE.mtftp-ip code 1 = ip-address;
option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8;
option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8;

# Group the PXE bootable hosts together
group {
        # PXE-specific configuration directives...
        option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
        option vendor-encapsulated-options
09:0f:80:00:0c:4e:65:74:77:6f:72:6b:2
0:62:6f:6f:74:0a:07:00:50:72:6f:6d:70:74:06:01:02:08:03:80:00:00:47:04:80:00
:00:
00:ff;

        next-server 192.168.2.1;
        filename "pxelinux.0";
        option PXE.mtftp-ip 0.0.0.0;
        vendor-option-space PXE;

        # You need an entry like this for every host
        # unless you're using dynamic addresses
        host musica {
                        hardware ethernet 00:40:63:c4:ed:bb;
                        fixed-address 192.168.2.100;
                }
        }

Still no change in what happens... The tcpdump is the same. Seems like the
client does
not go on to ask for the config file. If it was trying to look for something
on another
port I should be able to see it in tcpdump I would think....

One thing I did notice is that if I remove the vendor-encapsulated-options
line the bootup
screen never displays these lines:

Auto-select:
	Network boot

BOOT SERVER IP: 192.168.2.1

things just stop right after the GATEWAY IP line. Does anyone know what this
line
contains?

Maybe I should try another version of PXELinux? BTW, I'm on a EPIA-ME6000
board
and not an M10000 but I assume they should be similar...

Thanks,

Andrea

-----Original Message-----
From: Hugo Ranger Mills [mailto:hrm at carfax.org.uk]On Behalf Of Hugo
Mills
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:37 AM
To: Andrea Rosso
Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] pxelinux bootup problems on EPIA-M



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On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 11:35:44PM -0700, Andrea Rosso wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone had a good dhcpd.conf and /tftpboot
> files for a EPIA-M motherboard with RedHat 9.0.... Or maybe
> just a configuration that works with the EPIA-M (doesn't matter
> which type of linux).

   Take a look at http://www.carfax.org.uk/docs/Netboot/ for my
(successful) experiences with an EPIA-M10000 board.

   Hugo.

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