[syslinux] Can't UEFI boot PXELinux on WDS server

[John McDonnell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Syslinux [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of Aaron
> Hancock
> Sent: Friday, November 7, 2014 1:24 PM
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Can't UEFI boot PXELinux on WDS server
> 
> After testing 3 different TFTP servers, I tried a different PXE system and it
> worked.  Looks like the problem was with the Dell Latitiude E6330 I was
> testing with.  Just upgraded the BIOS from A01 to A14 and it works now too.
> 
> Thanks again for the help!
> 
> Aaron

Updating the BIOS is always something I forget about as well. We recently had some old Compaq/HP machines, I forget the model offhand (think they were from after HP bought out Compaq, but they were still branded Compaq, we've had some that were actually pre-dating the HP buyout that we've replaced not all that long ago too) and we have replaced them all this past summer, that would not network boot pxelinux at all. But I discovered they would boot pxelinux if I used a boot CD instead. They were on the first revision (1.0 or 1.2) of the BIOS, so I updated them to the latest (something like 2.14 or so) and that solved the issue. So it's always good to get a reminder that when having PXE problems, try updating the BIOS.

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John McDonnell
Penn Cambria School District