[syslinux] PXE linux starts slowly

Gilles Espinasse g.esp at free.fr
Thu Dec 16 07:54:02 PST 2010


Selon Helmut Hullen <Hullen at t-online.de>:


> My major problem for understanding: the problem appears on the T40 with
> the e1000 NIC, it doesn't appear on the machines with e100 NIC or other
> cards.
> Which program (not pxelinux.0, but perhaps some *.c32) is sensible for
> the NIC?
>

firmware switch during autonegociation?
could you try with the cable plugged on another switch?

I remember a problem with some switch and e1000 is described  somewhere (maybe
in SF driver README or in releases notes, but actually access to the releases
notes on sourceforge is really painfull).

Gilles




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