[syslinux] which should I use: TIMEOUT, ONTIMEOUT, or ONERROR ?

[Golia, Anthony (IT)]

   Thanks so much.  So do I have to send dhcp option 211 or is the default
   5 mins?
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   Subject: Re: [syslinux] which should I use: TIMEOUT, ONTIMEOUT, or
   ONERROR ?
   Anthony.Golia at morganstanley.com wrote:
   > Hi.  I'm trying to get around the problem of an overloaded tftp
   server
   > causing a pxelinux client hanging at the boot: prompt, waiting for
   input
   > (no one will input anything to it).  The server is OK enough to give
   the
   > pxebootloader but not the config file, as in this thread:
   >
   > [1]http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2004-June/003662.html
   >
   > So, in that case, I guess setting TIMEOUT to some reasonable positive
   > value would help.  But, assuming it never got a config file, how
   would i
   > get the box to automatically reboot or localboot?
   >
   Upgrade your pxelinux.  Newer versions of pxelinux consider it a fatal
   error to not fetch its configuration file, and triggers the "reboot
   after five minutes" (which can be adjusted via DHCP option 211.)
           -hpa
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