[syslinux] PXE boot problem

[Mike Kinton]

The symptoms are as follows:-
1) dhcp allocates the correct ip address 192.168.1.254
2) PXE 3.31 loads
3) gives correct ip address followed by
   ip=192.168.1.254:0.0.0.0:192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0
4) tries to load - MAC address to default and then gives the message
   "Unable to locate configuration file"

The server is running Suse 10.2 on a Via epia motherboard.
Suse says that the ethernet chip is "Rhine" ... 

The dhcp.conf file is:
===================================================================
allow booting;
allow bootp;
option domain-name "waymaker";
option domain-name-servers 62.241.162.200;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
default-lease-time 14400;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
  range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.254;
  default-lease-time 21600;
  max-lease-time 43200;
}
host kt {
    filename "pxelinux.0";
    hardware ethernet 00:80:91:32:22:3a;
    fixed-address 192.168.1.254;
}
=================================================================  
tftp config file is
-----------------------------------------------------------------
# default: off
# description: tftp service is provided primarily for booting or when a \
# 	router need an upgrade. Most sites run this only on machines acting
as
# 	"boot servers".
service tftp
{
	socket_type     = dgram
	protocol        = udp
	wait            = yes
	user            = root
	server          = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
	server_args     =  -s /tftpboot -vv
	disable         = no
}
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Default file in pxelinux.cfg
-----------------------------
prompt 1
default linux
timeout 30
label linux
	kernel vmlinuz
	append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 noapic acpi=off
================================================================
Listing of the pxe.cfg directory is 
-----------------------------------
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   0 2007-04-01 18:59 01-00-80-91-32-22-3a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-24 10:46 C
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-22 21:35 C0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-22 21:36 C0A
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-22 21:36 C0A8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-22 21:36 C0A80
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-22 21:36 C0A801
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-24 10:48 C0A801F
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   0 2007-03-22 21:36 C0A801FE
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 124 2007-03-28 20:14 default
===============================================================

I hope that this is sufficient information.  I have checked permissions and
turned off the firewall.

The machine that I am trying to load with Fedora core 4 is a Toshiba ST-60
till.

 



-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
Sent: 30 March 2007 21:44
To: Josef Siemes
Cc: Malkowski, Dennis (GE Healthcare, non-ge); syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE boot problem

Josef Siemes wrote:
> 
> can't see any problem. Give more details: Did it work before? Syslinux
version? Hardware? DHCP config? Screen Output? etc.pp.
> 

Indeed, without the above information it's pretty impossible to figure out.

	-hpa

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