[syslinux] Re: Stumped

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Nov 10 17:19:47 PST 2003


Peter Caldes wrote:
> 
> When I typed a label at the PXELINUX's 'boot:' prompt and hit ENTER, the cursor
> does not move and it seems to be ignoring the ENTER key. However, a sniffer trace
> shows it is trying to TFTP the kernel from my TFTPD server so it is not ignoring
> my ENTER key but seems to be too busy to respond.
> 

This is what I usually refer to as "deaf client syndrome" -- this is
what would typically happen if the client is unable to receive the
traffic from the host.

However, in your case this seems to happen after the config file is
loaded (right?), which is highly unusual.

	-hpa




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