[syslinux] intermittent pxe failure

Larry Howe linux at comjet.com
Tue May 8 19:46:52 PDT 2007


On Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:15, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 07-05-2007 om 23:58 schreef Larry Howe:
> > > 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 see 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.
>
> What do you what to get worked out?

For now, we will just boot from CD. That will give us time to look more 
closely at the PXE / TFTP problem.

Larry




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