[syslinux] ethereal log of PXE bootup

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Oct 19 13:13:08 PDT 2006


Ed Sutter wrote:
>>
>> Options 208-211 are only for PXELINUX' benefit; most configurations 
>> don't need them.  The key thing is to have a filename option set.  
>> Note that many clients will not correctly parse a DHCP packet which 
>> uses "overloading", so I recommend against that.
> 
> Yea, after reading a bit through the spec (should've done that before I
> started asking questions!!), I see that I needed other Vendor Supplied
> options.  I have them set up, and my client is responding appropriately.
> Now I have to get TSIZE/OACK into my TFTP server.
> Thanks!
> Ed

Actually, the vast majority of all stacks do not need any Vendor 
Encapsulated Options.

	-hpa




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