[syslinux] Problems with eepro100 or BroadCom NetXtreme and syslinux 2.04

[H. Peter Anvin]

Holger Baust wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> We use pxelinux for booting a diskless Linux from whitch we install all
> our systems.
> 
> But we discovered some Problems:
> - With v1.75 the Kernel is fetched from the TFTP-Server with no problem,
>   but it gets not started on Broadcom NetXtreme with newer PXE-Bioses
> - With v2.04, pxelinux even seems not to be able to fetch the kernel
>   from the TFTP-Server. This affects also Intel's eepro100 cards
> - With pxelinux of syslinux 2.02 we have no problems.
> 
> Setup used for booting:
> - DHCPd 3.0.x
> - tftp-hpa
> 
> Systems affected:
> - Compaq Proliant DL360G1, DL360G2, DL380G2
> - IBM xSeries x335
> - Fujitsu Siemens Computer Primergy RX300 
> 
> Is there any hint you can give me for resolving the problem or getting
> more Infos?
> 

Does it work if your TFTP server is on the same subnet as the host?

	-hpa