[syslinux] intermittent pxe failure

Larry Howe linux at comjet.com
Mon May 7 20:58:44 PDT 2007


> tcpdump the TFTP server on the TFTP port.
> Watching only on port 69 will get you only the TFTP Requests.
> That has two advantages:
>  * low disk usage,which makes monitoring for weeks possible
>  * you should if the client really requests the initrd.
>
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers

Thanks Geert and Peter for the detailed answers. At least I know where to 
start looking. I will post back if I find anything. For now, we are booting 
with CD (ISOLINUX) which will work fine until we get this worked out.

Larry




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