[syslinux] next-server and tftp

[H. Peter Anvin]

Nick Garfield wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A colleague of mine today showed me his dhcp/tftp configuration with
> pxelinux.  He booted, from the network, an intel based machine with no
> disk.  I was impressed.  So I looked at the configuration he was using
> and it was simple....he had ISC dhcpd v2 and a tftp server configured as
> detailed on your web site.  Curious, I suggested that he move the tftp
> server to another machine (on a different IP address).  We changed the
> next-server statement in dhcpd.conf to the new ip address to agree with
> the changes.  When we tried to boot the machine from the network the
> machine failed to boot.  Curiously the network card (running intel boot
> agent 2.0) said the packet was sourced at the dhcp server address and
> not the next-server address (which is what I expected).
> 
> Can anyone explain what is happening here....
> 

Intel Boot Agent 2.0 is pretty old and may have bugs in this area.  See 
if you can upgrade.

	-hpa