[syslinux] chainbooting pxe servers stalls

[Gene Cumm]

On Sep 11, 2012 2:31 PM, "Jeffrey Hutzelman" <jhutz at cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 12:57 -0500, Sean Mitchuson wrote:
> > Another update to my situation.  I'm currently using pxechain.com from
> > version 4.04 and tried one of my other pxe servers and got these two
lines
> > pxechain: PXENV_RESTART_TFTP [0001]
> > pxechain: PXENV_UDP_OPEN [0001]
>
> What version of PXELINUX are you using?
> Also, Gene's earlier question still applies:
>
> > If not, could you describe the machines you've tested with?  Make,
model,
> > BIOS revision/version?  If not using an onboard NIC with the BIOS's PXE
> > OROM, please describe the NIC and the PXE stack you're using.
>
>
> The messages you got mean the PXE stack failed to download and transfer
> control to the next NBP, which is what PXENB_RESTART_TFTP should have
> done.  Unfortunately, the status code 0x0001 means "general failure";
> your BIOS isn't providing any more detailed information.
>
> This could mean the TFTP server is configured improperly, or doesn't
> have the file you asked for, or some firewall is interfering, or any
> number of other things.  It could also mean a problem with your BIOS.

I'd also add that pxechain.com also has issues around there with retrieving
the CWD.  I found explicitly specifying everything in IP::file format
helped (ie 10.1.1.1::path/to/file ).

--Gene