Syslinux - Mar 2004 - about pxe booting, no boot filename found

hello,
I have a problem about pxe booting.

I have two isolated machines, one(server) has got dhcp and tftp servers
working correctly ( I am pretty confident with this). The other machine
(client) using floopy to boot with pxe-request. The problem is, the client
cannot get the bootfile("/tftpboot/pxelinux.0"), it always report no
boot
filename found. I also found the IP address, which server assign to client, is
also refused by client, since the "discover" process keeps running.

I guess it is possible because I dont have "pxe-boot server" working
properly.

There are many possibilities, is there anyone with similar experience or got
the answer? Thanks a lot!

Chris

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 luoj02 at tartarus.uwa.edu.au wrote:
> cannot get the bootfile("/tftpboot/pxelinux.0"), it always report
no boot
> filename found. I also found the IP address, which server assign to client,
is
> also refused by client, since the "discover" process keeps
running.
> There are many possibilities, is there anyone with similar experience or
got
> the answer? Thanks a lot!
tcpdump will show you; high logging, as with atftp may show 
you; you may have a physical layer issue (slow spanning tree 
negotiation, or some such); 
	http://www.owlriver.com/tips/tcpdump-tech/
	http://www.owlriver.com/tips/tftp-xinetd/
address the techniques, and the second, may address your issue 
such taht you can see where the conversation is falling apart.

-- Russ Herrold

luoj02 at tartarus.uwa.edu.au wrote:
> hello,
> I have a problem about pxe booting.
> 
> I have two isolated machines, one(server) has got dhcp and tftp servers
> working correctly ( I am pretty confident with this). The other machine
> (client) using floopy to boot with pxe-request. The problem is, the client
> cannot get the bootfile("/tftpboot/pxelinux.0"), it always report
no boot
> filename found. I also found the IP address, which server assign to client,
is
> also refused by client, since the "discover" process keeps
running.
> 
> I guess it is possible because I dont have "pxe-boot server"
working properly.
> 
> There are many possibilities, is there anyone with similar experience or
got
> the answer? Thanks a lot!
> 
What does your DHCP configuration file look like?

Note that if you're using the -s /tftpboot option to the tftp server,
you should specify `filename "/pxelinux.0";' not `filename
"/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";'

	-hpa