[syslinux] PXELINUX 3.86 Boots Over HTTP, 4.00 Does Not

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20100618 om 13:59 schreef Moore, Richard F.:
> Hi ,
> 
> Thought I would keep the same topic as a previous post in June -
> still is a problem with pre49

The response on that posting is repeated at the bottom of this one.


> Setting dhcp options 209 and 210 is breaking gpxe/pxelinux - everything
> else being the same, it works fine in 3.86 and not 4.00.
> 
> ..Inserting following into pxelinux.gpxe ...
> set 209:string pxelinux.cfg/default
> set 210:string http://xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.uk/pxe/
> 
> It is hanging with 'Trying to Load:' and then about 4/5 of a screen
> of space before the cursor.
> 
> If I omit these two lines and instead have ...
> chain ${210:string}pxelinux.0
> .. it again hangs after fetching pxelinux.0 from the server.
> 
> 
> I am assuming this is a bug...3.86 and 4 are both using 1.0.0 of gpxe
> by the looks of things so assume it is the way its interacting with
> pxelinux ?


That would be a bug.  What particular build of gPXE 1.0.0 are you using?

> Thanks for the great work on all this!
> 
> Rich


Cheers
Geert Stappers