[syslinux] tftp with pxelinux.0 from syslinux 4.10-pre17

[Christian Hesse]

Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz at cmu.edu> on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:27:59 -0500:
> On Sat, 2011-12-31 at 18:19 +0100, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:30:33 -0500:
> > > > I have tried:
> > > >
> > > > option path-prefix code 210 = string;
> > > > option path-prefix "http://pxe./";
> > > >
> > > > But pxelinux still tries to load from tftp. Does it support loading
> > > > configuration files from http?
> > > 
> > > You also have to force feed the option as ISC-dhcpd doesn't send options
> > > not requested by default (whose behavior I agree with;  this keeps
> > > offers cleaner).
> > 
> > Ah, got it. Why does pxelinux not request it?
> 
> Because PXELINUX is not involved when the DHCP exchange happens -- the
> PXE stack does that, before PXELINUX is even downloaded.

Stupid me... :D
You are right of course. Thanks!
-- 
Schoene Gruesse
Chris