[syslinux] pxelinux tftp timeout

[Michel-André]

try copying:

/etc/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8E26A

to:

/etc/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1e-68-04-e6-70

Also: why you put the tftp root directory in /etc?

Michel-André
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David Halik a écrit :
>> I'd check to see if somehting on the TFTP server was doing a reverse
>> lookup on the hostname (ie for a log entry). From what you've said you
>> don't appear to have reverse DNS for the hosts and if the server is
>> trying to resolve client ip -> dns name for the logs that could be
>> slowing things up. Jeremy
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> It looks like I got a little farther with this, but it's still not 100%. 
> First fix was adding the host to /etc/hosts on the TFTP server. That 
> ensured that there was reverse and no DNS issues for that test machine. 
> I was also able to turn on logging, and that's where the real problem 
> showed itself. The TFTP server is instantly complaining to pxelinux with 
> "File not found," but instead of moving onto the next choice pxelinux 
> continues to try it for another three minutes. See below:
>
> Thu May 22 15:10:44 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> /etc/tftpboot/pxelinux.0: success
> Thu May 22 15:10:44 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> /etc/tftpboot/pxelinux.0: success
> Thu May 22 15:10:44 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1e-68-04-e6-70: File not found
> Thu May 22 15:11:07 EDT last message repeated 3 times
> Thu May 22 15:11:34 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1e-68-04-e6-70: File not found
> Thu May 22 15:12:26 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> pxelinux.cfg/01-00-1e-68-04-e6-70: File not found
> Thu May 22 15:14:12 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> /etc/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8E26A: success
> Thu May 22 15:14:12 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> /etc/tftpboot/si-servant-centos5.1-4150-kernel: success
> Thu May 22 15:14:13 EDT [tftpd_0:info]: <HOST>: read request for 
> /etc/tftpboot/si-servant-centos5.1-4150-initrd.img: success
>
> Now the question is, which machine is at fault here? It looks like the 
> TFTP server is returning a proper failure, but I can't tell whether or 
> not pxelinux is actually aware of it or listening to it. Any ideas?
>
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