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

[Michael Blandford]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:

>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?
>>
>>
>>    
>>
This is interesting.

I am regularly booting/building x330/x335/x345's, DL360/380's, and other 
boxes using e100/e1000 cards using pxelinux 2.0.3.  The tftp server is 
on a different subnet than the clients.

I wonder what is different in your setup versus mine.  You might try 
pxelinux 2.03.

Could you post everything from the boot including all the pxe boot rom 
information before pxelinux starts loading?

Peter has been very good at spotting my configuration issues given all 
the data.

Michael