[syslinux] chainbooting pxe servers stalls

[Sean Mitchuson]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> OK I think I'm starting to understand this.  I'm going to try and update
the version of pxelinux running on all three pxe servers but I'm worried
that satellite and spacewalk might not like that so I'll need to read some
more, thank you.


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