[syslinux] Default PXE boot timeout

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed May 14 17:44:19 PDT 2008


a s p a s i a wrote:
>> The timeout to get a file from the server depends on the PXE firmware in
>> the BIOS or on the network card.
> 
> yeah i thought ....
> 
>> It seems kind of complicated, though; you should be able to just do a
>> localboot from PXELINUX instead of editing dhcpd.conf.
>>
> 
> hmmm . where in the documentation shows this - so perhaps just
> changing the /pxelinux.cfg/<mac_addr_default> file to indicate LOCAL
> BOOT?
> 
> can u please let me know if I should check the syslinux or pxelinux documtation?
> 

Look for LOCALBOOT in the syslinux documentation.

	-hpa




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