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

[H. Peter Anvin]

Franklin M.Siler wrote:
> 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"

Sounds like you have a permissions problem.  The logs are useless since 
you have the loglevel at zero (no -v options.)

	-hpa