[syslinux] timeout: retrying... with atftpd and pxelinux

[Jason Bodnar]

I'm trying to network boot a thin client using pxelinux. I had this working
about a year ago but have since reinstalled my OS (went from RH9 to FC2). I'm
using atftpd. The thin client gets the dhcp address fine and requests
pxelinux.0. Eventually, it just times out. Here's the relevant info from
/var/log/messages:

Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]: Advanced Trivial FTP server started (0.7)
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   started by inetd
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   logging level: 6
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   directory:
/home/jbodnar/projects/jambox/boot/
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   user: nobody.nogroup
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   log file: syslog
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   server timeout: 300
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   tftp retry timeout: 5
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   maximum number of thread: 100
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   option timeout:   enabled
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   option tzise:     enabled
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   option blksize:   enabled
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:   option multicast: enabled
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:      address range: 239.255.0.0-255
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]:      port range:    1758
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 192.168.1.15:2070
Oct  7 23:14:36 home atftpd[4717]: blksize option -> 1456
Oct  7 23:14:40 home atftpd[4717]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 192.168.1.15:2071
Oct  7 23:14:40 home atftpd[4717]: blksize option -> 1456
Oct  7 23:14:41 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:45 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:46 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:48 home atftpd[4717]: Serving pxelinux.0 to 192.168.1.15:2072
Oct  7 23:14:48 home atftpd[4717]: blksize option -> 1456
Oct  7 23:14:50 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:51 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:53 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:55 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:56 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...
Oct  7 23:14:58 home atftpd[4717]: timeout: retrying...

The Serving, blksize, timeout: retrying... cycle continues a few more times.

Here's the relevant section from my dhcpd.conf:

group   {

    default-lease-time            -1;
    use-host-decl-names           on;

    option domain-name            "d.shakabuku.org";
    option subnet-mask            255.255.255.0;
    option broadcast-address      192.168.1.255;
    option routers                192.168.1.1;
    option domain-name-servers    192.168.1.1;

    filename "pxelinux.0";

    host jambox {
                 hardware ethernet     00:30:00:03:C0:44;
                 fixed-address         192.168.1.15;
    }

}

I have atftpd run by xinetd and here's the conf for it:

{
        disable = no
        socket_type             = dgram
        protocol                = udp
        wait                    = yes
        user                    = root
        server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
        server_args             = -v /home/jbodnar/projects/jambox/boot
}


As I mentioned before, I had this same hardware working about a year ago. The
only other change I've made (besides switching the server OS) is I replaced a
dlink switch and am now using a dlink wireless router, but am only using the
switch portion of it for this project.


--
Jason Bodnar
jason at shakabuku.org
http://www.shakabuku.org

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