[syslinux] pxelinux fails to load miniroot completly

[Geert Stappers]

Op 21-02-2008 om 16:44 schreef detlef oertel:
> Hello,
> 
> we have the following problem:
> - a new Dell Optiplex 740 boots pxelinux.0 
> - loads the kernel
> - start to load the miniroot.gz and crashs after loading about 1/5 of the miniroot
> 
> The tftpd messages are:
> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Advanced Trivial FTP server started (0.7)
> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2070
> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.0 to 10.10.100.113:2071
> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1d-09-1d-aa-ed to 10.10.100.113:57089
> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/pxelinux.cfg/0A0A6471 to 10.10.100.113:57090
> Feb 21 14:48:32 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/install to 10.10.100.113:57091
> Feb 21 14:48:33 srv006 atftpd[26225]: Serving /linux/miniroot.gz to 10.10.100.113:57092
> Feb 21 14:48:41 srv006 atftpd[26225]: timeout: retrying...
> Feb 21 14:49:01 srv006 last message repeated 4 times
> 
> 
> We tried different versions of pxelinux (3.11, 3.61, 3.62-pre12) with no success.
> Then we tried version 2.04 from 2003 and all works fine.
> We think it is no good idea to use this old version in a 400 Client environment.
> 
> Any idea what going wrong here ?

Not yet.

What is the version of the kernel?
What is the size of the initial RAM disk?

Is it possible to put your kernel and miniroot.gz on a public server,
so that it can be tested in another enviroment?


Cheers
Geert Stappers