[syslinux] blame-transfer protocol on PXE boot - followup and closure

[Jim Cromie]

FYI,

I solved this by doing this during shutdown.
    ethtool -s eth0 wol d

evidently the NSC driver doesnt fully reinitialize the driver in all cases.


Jim Cromie wrote:

> hpa, etal,
>
> pxelinux works great from a push of the reset button.
> machine boots normally.
>
> However, after i issue 'reboot' command, my box fails to find the tftp 
> server during reboot.
> This looks to be happening before pxelinux has any chance to participate,
> so it cannot be to blame.
>
> Im seeking corroboration here before I go badgering the bios-provider
>
> here's the relevant pxelinux.cfg/default, and what the bios puts out 
> to serial
>
> SERIAL  0 19200
> CONSOLE 0
> DEFAULT menu.c32
>
>
> NSC DP83815/DP83816 Fast Ethernet UNDI, v1.03
> Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 National Semiconductor Corporation
> All rights reserved.
>
> Pre-boot eXecution Environment  PXE-2.0 (build 082)
> Copyright (C) 1997-2000  Intel Corporation
>
>
> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C2 46 C8
> CLIENT IP: 192.168.42.100  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 192.168.42.1
> PXE-E11: ARP timeout
> PXE-E11: ARP timeout
> PXE-E38: TFTP cannot open connection
> PXE-M0F: Exiting MacPhyter PXE ROM.
>
>
>
> thanks in advance
> jimc
>
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