[syslinux] pxelinux properly configured cannot find "default" configuration file

[H. Peter Anvin]

Anton Benkevich wrote:
> 
> Configured new computer as boot server...
> What happends is dhcp gives all the parameters to client(this server
> also works for giving addresses to workstations)  - > seems like
> pxelinux begins looking for possible config file(something like
> following):
> 
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/01-88-99-aa-bb-cc-dd
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C000025B
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C000025
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C00002
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C0000
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C000
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C00
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C0
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/C
> /mybootdir/pxelinux.cfg/default
> 
> Delay between each line is about 2-3 minutes. It takes considerable
> time..... and nothing found.... then finally it gets to
> boot:
> 

The delay implies one side can't hear the other.  However, the fact that 
you got this far means that pxelinux.0 could be downloaded.

Without more information (the PXE messages, any info from the tftp logs, 
etc.) this it is impossible to debug this.

	-hpa