[syslinux] pxelinux.bin (3.80) hanging at the beginning of menu.c32 TFTP transfer

[Philippe Auphelle]

Hi Geert,

You can download it from there:
http://dl.free.fr/qHGA8UhQq/PXELinux3_81-Pre16Hang.zip

Best!

Phil


On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:21, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> wrote:
> Op 20090528 om 09:16 schreef Philippe Auphelle:
>>
>> I extracted pxelinux.bin and menu.c32 from Testing pre-16 and ran the
>> test. I unfortunately got a result that's quite similar to the one I
>> had with the 3.80 release:
>>
>> The last activity pxelinux.bin displays is the transfer of the
>> "default" file ("Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default"). Looking at
>> the trace, that transfer is successful.
>>
>> Then the client sends an TFTP RRQ for menu.c32, the TFTP server
>> ignores the option negociation and sends back a regular TFTP data
>> packet with a 516-byte payload (524-byte UDP, 544-byte IP, 558-byte
>> eNet), and at this point, the pxelinux client machine freezes.
>> WireShark doesn't report any kind of error on the reply data packet.
>> The server does 3 retries then gives up.
>> I have a WireShark-readable trace ready reflecting the problem.
>
> I willing to explore it with WireShark.
> Send me ( and/or this mailinglist) where to download it.
>
>
>> Compared to my previous test with 3.80 release, the only (minor)
>> difference I see is that this time, the client hard freezes (i.e. Caps
>> log toggle or Ctrl-Alt-Del don't do anything anymore). Last time,
>> keyboard interrupt handling was still alive.
>>
>> Philippe
>
>
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers
>
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