Bug#570273: debian-installer: netboot stops after loading pxelinux.cfg/default
"Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe" <Mario.Holbe@TU-Ilmenau.DE> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 01:18:01AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
>> Problem is: it works perfectly here for me using the daily image you linked
>> to on two systems: in VirtualBox and my (oldish) Toshiba laptop.
>
> All right, I think I got it... syslinux/pxelinux.txt states, that:
>
> PXELINUX currently requires that the boot server has a TFTP server
> which supports the "tsize" TFTP option (RFC 1784/RFC 2349).
But if you look in the NEWS file of Syslinux, which is packaged as
/usr/share/doc/syslinux/changelog.gz (why?) you'll find:
Changes in 3.70:
[...]
* PXELINUX: We no longer require a TFTP server which supports
the tsize option for all transfers.
which sounds ambiguous, but if you also consider
http://git.zytor.com/?p=syslinux/syslinux.git;a=commitdiff;h=86e68b689ce2dd228278ef08510c6532f429501f
it becomes clear that this issue shouldn't affect the Lenny version.
If it does, that definitely is a Syslinux bug.
> However, although tftpd-hpa generally works, it is horribly slow in
> inetd as well as in standalone mode, i.e. it takes ages until some
> menu is displayed (having a look at the network traffic going on in
> the meantime shows why :/).
I never had such a problem with tftpd-hpa. Could you please elaborate?
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Thanks,
Feri.
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