[syslinux] syslinux PXE boot version upgrade, network no longer working

[David McDowell]

Ah! I was only searching in 4.07 and didn’t think to search in the 6.03 for that. Thank you for steering me down the right path Lukas!

> On Feb 6, 2018, at 5:20 PM, Lukas Schwaighofer <lukas at schwaighofer.name> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2018 18:09:51 -0500
> David McDowell via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the suggestion Lukas. Is lpxelinux.0 [1] a fork of this
>> distro or a completely different open source option?
> 
> The file is part of syslinux (pxelinux) and exists since version 5.10.
> So neither a fork nor a different project ;) .  According to the link I
> had provided:
> 
> Since version 5.10, a special PXELINUX binary, lpxelinux.0, natively
> supports HTTP and FTP transfers, (...)
> 
> You probably already have the required file and only need to
> change your dhcp configuration to point your clients to a
> different boot file (and make sure it's accessible via tftp).
> 
>> I can vouch that running 4.07 fixed my issue with older model laptops
>> I mentioned. I’m still waiting on tests with bleeding new demo models
>> we have to see if the network loads those as well. I might try an
>> early 5.x release if I have troubles with the newest hardware.
> 
> Glad you found an option that works for you.
> 
> Regards
> Lukas
> 
> [1] http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX#HTTP_and_FTP