[syslinux] pxechn.c32 does not do TFTP

[Gene Cumm]

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Victor Sudakov <vas at mpeks.tomsk.su> wrote:
> Gene Cumm wrote:
>> > >> Negative.
>> > >>
>> > >> I have changed the stanza into
>> > >>
>> > >> label WDS
>> > >>  menu LABEL ^4. Windows Deployment Service
>> > >>  com32 pxechn.c32
>> > >>  append 10.14.140.128::boot\x86\wdsnbp.com  -W
>> > >>
>> > >> and got the following result on VirtualBox:
>> > >>
>> > >> pxechn.c32: Attempting to load '10.14.140.128::boot\x86\wdsnbp.com':
>> 10.14.140.128 is not in my arp table!
>> > >> 10.14.140.128 is not in my arp table!
>> > >> 10.14.140.128 is not in my arp table!
>> > >> 10.14.140.128 is not in my arp table!
>> > >> 10.14.140.128 is not in my arp table!
>> > >> 10.14.140.128 is not in my arp table!
>> > >
>> > > Gene, any more ideas?
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>> >
>> > I have no clue where these messages come from.  Likely VirtualBox's stack
>> >
>>
>> Bingo: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3619
>
> Are you sure? From what I could gather, this bug involves multiple
> DHCP servers. I have only one.

1) It's more that I see the source of the messages.

2) It feels to me that once VirtualBox's stack loads a NBP via TFTP
from one IPv4 address, it has difficulty with any other IPv4 address.
It's as if it either ignores other ARP responses (perhaps by not
listening or by only having a table for 1) or can't send the ARP
request.

>> Victor, could you try Suslinux 6.02-pre14? I see you're already in the
>> latest VirtualBox.  What NIC type? Does the guest OS hint influence this?
>> Does anyone else with VirtualBox use multiple tftpds (or could quickly
>> test) to say if there's a known functioning version of VirtualBox?
>
> I am on vacation presently. If I happen to be at my workplace next
> week, I will.

No problem.  I have a feeling that VirtualBox bug has existed across
versions but can't be sure.

--
-Gene