[syslinux] tftpd-hpa issue: I think, anyway

[Franklin M.Siler]

I have spent the last two hours on this issue.  I think there's a  
problem with tftp-hpa.

Setup: attempting to use Debian FAI, but there is definitely a  
problem with PXELINUX.  pxelinux.0 is obviously being loaded by  
clients, but *nothing* in the pxelinux.cfg directory can be loaded.   
Clients sit and spin on their MAC files and when they get to default  
nothing happens.  This is confirmed by tests on other clients; server  
log is of no diagnostic help. Hardware is known good: I was using  
this setup on debian sarge just fine; now I'm trying to use etch to  
no avail.

** Data:
* server stuff:

[root at shamrock] /var/lib/tftpboot:pts/2 :# cat /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
#Defaults for tftpd-hpa
RUN_DAEMON="yes"
OPTIONS="-l -s /var/lib/tftpboot"
#OPTIONS="-l -vvvv -s /tftp"
[root at shamrock] /var/lib/tftpboot:pts/2 :# l *
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94760 2006-10-29 09:36 memtest
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13324 2006-10-29 09:36 pxelinux.0

pxelinux.cfg:
total 1M
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 46 2006-10-29 09:36 default
[root at shamrock] /var/lib/tftpboot:pts/2 :# cat pxelinux.cfg/default
default memtest

label memtest
kernel memtest
[root at shamrock] /var/lib/tftpboot:pts/2 :# in.tftpd -V
tftp-hpa 0.42, with remap, with tcpwrappers


* Test from OS X client:
[fms at fir] ~/tmp:p3 :% tftp 10.180.64.21
tftp> get pxelinux.0
Received 13466 bytes in 0.0 seconds
tftp> get pxelinux.cfg/default
Transfer timed out.

tftp> quit

* tests from PXE clients: they just sit and spin, progressing very  
slowly through all the different config files.

My conclusion is that for whatever reason, no files in pxelinux.cfg/  
can be pulled from the server.  Any ideas?

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Franklin M. Siler
UIUC: Undergraduate, Computer Science
http://www.silerfamily.net/~fms/