[syslinux] pxelinux tftp timeout

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Thu May 22 03:41:55 PDT 2008


Op 21-05-2008 om 16:36 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
> David Halik wrote:
> > Is there a way to change the default timeout for tftp in pxelinux? The 
> > be more specific, we use IP in HEX to network boot and it takes a very 
> > long time for pxelinux to timeout on GUID and MAC, before finally 
> > getting to HEX and booting.
> 
> Well, you obviously can't configure it in the configuration file, since 
> we're talking about how the configuration file is located!  You can send 
> a DHCP option to give it the name of the configuration file, *however*, 
> there is something wrong with your TFTP server.  Under normal 
> circumstances, there is no need to timeout here - the TFTP server should 
> send back an error reply, and so processing the various nonexistent 
> filenames should take only a fraction of a second.

FWIW: I think it is not the TFTP server.
That server is probally missing name server information.
The long timeout time is name resolving time out.


Cheers
Geert Stappers




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