[syslinux] pxelinux implementation questions

Christian Marg christian.marg at tu-clausthal.de
Fri Jun 20 15:44:20 PDT 2003


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Alexander Sack wrote:

>>>>Nope.  After FFFF follows 0000.
>>>Okay, then can pxelinux handle initrd's bigger than 32MB?
>>It can handle greater than 32 MB regardless of blocksize.
>
> These three sentences seem contradictory.  I guess I will look again.
> The tftp block number is 2 bytes or 16-bits.  That allows me to address
> up to 32MB of a single file.  If my initrd is 33MB, I don't see how you
> can address the last 1MB.  There must be some magic I'm missing.

You are missing the first sentence: After FFFF follows 0000 i.e. the
Block number rolls over.

bye
Christian

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