[syslinux] PXE Booting linux on a Dell Poweredge SC1435

[Etienne Le Sueur]

Hi Ian,

Thanks for your input - I updated to the latest BIOS before I sent mail 
to the list.

I will check the RAM, but I have my doubts. I just wish there was a way 
to get PXE to spit out some more verbose information about what it's 
actually doing.

--
Etienne


Ian McDonald wrote:
> Etienne Le Sueur wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to boot via TFTP using PXE, and it gets an IP, and "TFTP 
>> ." flashes before disappearing, and the machine hangs.
>>
>> This TFTP server and DHCP setup is known to work with many other 
>> machines.
>>
>> Can anyone help me debug this problem?
>>
>> What can I do to make the pxe output more verbose?
>>
>
> I know this might sound stupid, but have you run memtest86+ on the 
> box/got the very latest bios/firmwares for it on it?
>
> I've been using pxelinux since 2002, and barring ancient/cr*p firmware 
> on network cards, the last time I spent any significant time debugging 
> something like this, I ended at bad ram.
>
> Regards
>