[syslinux] Intel Boot Agent: PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout for correctly configured tftp-hpa

[Geert Stappers]

On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 12:45:16AM +0800, ????????? wrote:
> After further googled around I discovered this article which suggested
> that the card I used ( Intel® PRO/100 S Desktop Adapter ) only support
> MTFTP. Quote from that article:
>         It turns out that the PRO/100 S won't boot with only a DHCP and
>         non-multicast TFTP server. It seems to require a PXE server, and
>         a multicast TFTP server.
> 
> Now in that article it's suggested mtftp daemon should be used. However
> on my debian system not any single package is known to have in.mtftpd
> which looks like a special daemon only available for Redhat. This way I
> cannot set up a server that can boot this intel card.
> 
> I happen to have the other card the article author listed that is
> capable of tftp, the 3COM's 3C905 card. Although I don't have an
> EPROM/EEPROM on it, I think perhaps the easiest way is to buy an EPROM
> for the 3COM's card and replace the Intel card.
> 
> Or, can in.tftpd directly used as in.mtftpd?

Or, flash the Intel card
 with content from Etherboot[1] and
 with a tool from ctflasher[2]?


HtH
GSt

[1] http://www.etherboot.org
[2] http://ctflasher.sourceforge.net