Syslinux - Aug 2006 - pxelinux and syslinux configuration files

Am I wrong to believe that pxelinux can't use syslinux configurtion 
files as is?

I have a syslinux/isolinux setup that works fine in those environments, 
lets me boot a root file system based on different criteria.

However, when I moved it over to pxelinux, i'm able to have it get an ip 
address over dhcp, fetch pxelinux.0 over tftp and seemingly fetch 
'default' from /pxelinux.cfg/ (tftpd-hpa).  However, it immediately 
fetches 'linux' (as in the kernel) from / (again tftpd-hpa) and
doesn't
seem to fetch my initrd at all.

this is 2 problems.

a) it doesn't give me a chance to select which configuration I want 
(even thought I have "PROMPT 1"

b) it's not fetching the minirt

this leads me to think that it's not seeing the 'default' and for
some
reason just fetching 'linux' as a last resort.  Is this correct?  any 
way to debug this with tftpd-hpa ?

thanks.

Shaya Potter wrote:
> Am I wrong to believe that pxelinux can't use syslinux configurtion 
> files as is?
> 
> I have a syslinux/isolinux setup that works fine in those environments, 
> lets me boot a root file system based on different criteria.
> 
> However, when I moved it over to pxelinux, i'm able to have it get an
ip
> address over dhcp, fetch pxelinux.0 over tftp and seemingly fetch 
> 'default' from /pxelinux.cfg/ (tftpd-hpa).  However, it immediately
> fetches 'linux' (as in the kernel) from / (again tftpd-hpa) and
doesn't
> seem to fetch my initrd at all.
> 
> this is 2 problems.
> 
> a) it doesn't give me a chance to select which configuration I want 
> (even thought I have "PROMPT 1"
> 
> b) it's not fetching the minirt
> 
> this leads me to think that it's not seeing the 'default' and
for some
> reason just fetching 'linux' as a last resort.  Is this correct? 
any
> way to debug this with tftpd-hpa ?
never mind, it was a permission problem (as the 700 fat permission 
carried over)