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diff --git a/pxelinux.doc b/pxelinux.doc index dd86b196..c1f06c49 100644 --- a/pxelinux.doc +++ b/pxelinux.doc @@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ explains the differences. PXELINUX currently requires that the boot server has a TFTP server which supports the "tsize" TFTP option (RFC 1784/RFC 2349). The -source for such a TFTP server is available from the Netboot home page -at <http://www.han.de/~gero/netboot/english/download.html>. +"tftp-hpa" TFTP server, which support options, is available at: + + http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/ + ftp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/ + +... and on any kernel.org mirror (see http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/). On the TFTP server, create the directory "/tftpboot", and copy the following files to it: @@ -99,6 +103,10 @@ configuration: fixed-address <hostname>; } +Note that if your particular TFTP daemon runs under chroot (tftp-hpa +will do this if you specify the -s (secure) option; this is +recommended), you most likely should not include the /tftpboot prefix. + If the DHCP and TFTP servers are not on the same machine, you are supposed to set up a DHCP server on port 4011 on the TFTP server; this is the "PXE boot server", which uses the DHCP protocol. If this is @@ -107,9 +115,6 @@ not possible, you can try adding the directive "server-identifier protocol, but some PXE implementations do not accept the next-server directive without it or the "boot server". -Note that if your particular TFTP daemon runs under chroot, it may be -that the filename parameter should not include the /tftpboot prefix. - I have successfully booted an Intel N440BX ("Nightshade") motherboard with onboard Ethernet and "Intel LANDesk(R) Service Agent II version 0.99c" (derived from the Intel PXE PDK V2.0) and the Intel PRO/100+ @@ -127,14 +132,9 @@ workarounds for this bug: Unfortunately, PXELINUX requires the "tsize" option to be supported, and it is very unusual for TFTP servers to implement one - and not the other. I have therefore produced a TFTP server which - supports options, but let them be disabled with an option (-r - <optionname>). This TFTP server is available at: - - http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/ - ftp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/ - - ... and on any kernel.org mirror (see http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/). + and not the other. The "tftp-hpa" TFTP server (see above) therefore + can be configured to disable individual options with a command-line + option (-r <optionname>). In this case, use "-r blksize". 2. Use MTFTP for the initial bootstrap. You need an MTFTP server to do this. |