[syslinux] any way to get pxelinux to grab its config file fromanother host?

[Shao Miller]

Mike Coleman wrote:
>
> I'm using gpxe to chain to pxelinux on a different host than gpxe was
> loaded from.  The chain command looks like this
>
>     chain tftp://other-host/pxelinux.0
>
> Unfortunately, pxelinux is ignoring other-host and going back to the
> original host to look for its files.  Is there any way to alter this
> behavior?...
>

See syslinux/doc/rfc5071.txt to learn about DHCP options 209 and 210.

gPXE> set 210:string tftp://other-host/
gPXE> chain ${210}pxelinux.0

You can also specify DHCP option 210 in the DHCP service, itself.

- Shao Miller