Syslinux - Feb 2004 - Pxelinux Image size restriction?

Hi-
	Is there any size restriction (maximum?) on the size of kernels or 
initrd.gz images that pxelinux can fetch over the network and load?
	We are currently loading a 730k kernel, and a 2.1 megabyte initrd.gz 
image, and everything is working fine.  It would be nice, however, to 
load larger images that have more stuff on them.  Is there any inherent 
maximum (other than system ram) to how large of an image we could load?
	For example, we could compile more drivers into the initrd.gz image, 
and it would become 6 megabytes.  Is this too large for pxelinux, the 
PXE protocol, or typical hardware to handle?

thanks,
Erik Dykema

Erik Dykema wrote:
> Hi-
>     Is there any size restriction (maximum?) on the size of kernels or
> initrd.gz images that pxelinux can fetch over the network and load?
>     We are currently loading a 730k kernel, and a 2.1 megabyte initrd.gz
> image, and everything is working fine.  It would be nice, however, to
> load larger images that have more stuff on them.  Is there any inherent
> maximum (other than system ram) to how large of an image we could load?
>     For example, we could compile more drivers into the initrd.gz image,
> and it would become 6 megabytes.  Is this too large for pxelinux, the
> PXE protocol, or typical hardware to handle?
> 
The only limit is that if the image is compressed, the compressed *plus*
the uncompressed image needs to fit in system RAM.

That being said, I have successfully downloaded images over 512 MB in size.

	-hpa