[syslinux] lpxelinux hangs under Intel Boot Agent 1.3.81 (2.1 build 089) on Dell Optiplex 990 BIOS A16

[Gene Cumm]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Alexander Perlis <aperlis at math.lsu.edu> wrote:
> On 07/11/2014 04:31 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> On 07/11/2014 10:17 AM, Alexander Perlis wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Trace shows that lpxelinux.0 6.03-pre18 is transferred, and after that
>>> there is only ARP traffic: a "gratuitous" ARP announcement by the
>>> client, and then a string of ARP requests and replies in which the
>>> client is asking for the MAC of the PXE server, about every 3 seconds,
>>> for about 2 minutes [...]
>>
>>
>> So it is sending packets but not getting the response.
>
>
> Yes. To clarify my report: client is sending ARP requests, server is sending
> ARP responses, and then either the client is totally ignoring them or
> perhaps indeed updating its ARP table but then say immediately expiring the
> ARP entry. This only happens with lpxelinux.0. Any other things I should try
> or other data I can provide to assist?
>
> Alex

Seems like a deaf client.  Interestingly enough, the flags value is
the same as on those other Dells.

With everything else from 6.03-pre18, try this binary (xzip-compressed):

http://www.zytor.com/~genec/lpxelinux-6.03p18g3.tgz

-- 
-Gene