[syslinux] pxelinux.0 size limits?

[Bruce Ferrell]

On 10/01/2017 12:04 AM, Geert Stappers via Syslinux wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 08:53:09PM -0400, Gene Cumm wrote:
>> On Sep 30, 2017 8:47 PM, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
>>>
>>> I've recently seen something to the effect that the pxelinux.0 boot loader
>>> has some limit of 45MB.  Is this correct or some misunderstanding?
>>
>> No, I've loaded 90MB files.  The catch is often TFTP block number rollover.
> 
> My first thought was: Which TFTP servers are used?
> ( What is the name, version and platform of TFTP server where the 45MB limit is encounter? )
> ( What is the name, version and plafform of TFTP server that is known to server 90 MB files? )
> 
> On second thought: Use TFTP to download iPXE, continue over HTTP.
> 
> More about iPXE at http://ipxe.org/
> 
> 
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
> 

I actually ran across the reference while doing research on doing a pxe based install of pfSense (FreeBSD based).

I'd run into the tftp issue before on OpenSUSE and solved that with a switch of tftp server.

Actually, on Scientific Linux they only give one choice;  the right one! Thank you H. Peter Anvin!

I will look into iPXE for the issues the FreeBSD folk fight with.