[syslinux] PXEbooting very slow

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sun May 31 11:19:53 PDT 2009


pfranz73 at tiscali.it wrote:
> I'm using pxelinux.0 version 3.81 (3.80 had similar problems) with 
> tftpd32.
> It is very slow in loading "default" file; tftpd32 shows it 
> continuously sends this file together with menu.c32, but pxelinux.0 
> keeps on requesting for, say, 5 seconds.
> Occasionally it is also slow 
> in checking the other possible config files (those based on mac 
> address): it spends some seconds on each entry.
> If you have any test to 
> suggest me to solve the problem, I'll try them and post results. 
> Meanwhile I'll revert back to 3.75
> Thank you
> Paolo Franchetti
> 

What hardware?

	-hpa

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