[syslinux] ONERROR not triggered in PXELINUX 3.31 when ramdisk missing

[Andreas Kotes]

* H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> [20070117 02:34]:
> Andreas Kotes wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >* H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> [20070116 23:44]:
> >>Andreas Kotes wrote:
> >>>Anyway, not being able to TFTP a file after being loaded via TFTP
> >>>ourselves should rather be unlikely - not being able to find the initrd
> >>>might happen more easily :)
> >>Well, both reflect a similar class of TFTP server problem.
> >
> >hmm, well, in the latter case, PXELINUX gets a 'file not found' message,
> >rather than something which makes retrying useful ...
> >
> 
> When PXELINUX gets an error reply, it stops trying to send that packet 
> (and so gives up on that filename.)  It's very quick at that point.

yes! which is why I would consider this a different error/class ..

   Andreas

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