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From: Michael Madore <mmadore@turbolinux.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:56:37 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] PXE Boot
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Stephane Eranian wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 10:57:25AM -0800, Michael Madore wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to boot a Big Sur workstation (Firmware 117C) via the
> > network.  The workstation receives an address via dhcp and when starting
> > to download elilo.efi I get the following error message:
> >
> > PXE-E05: Download buffer is smaller than requested file.
> > Load of PXE boot failed:  File not found
> >
> Do you get this everytime? I have already seen this problem but it disappears
> if you retry, if I recall correctly.

I get the same message when I retry.
 
> > Does this message really indicate the buffer is to small, or is this a
> > symptom of a different problem?
> >
> Are you using a PXE-aware DHCP server or a standard DHCP server?

I am using ISC dhcp 3.  I'm not sure if it is exactly PXE aware, but it
does allow vendor options to be specified.  For example, if I put the
following in my dhcpd.conf file:

set client-id=option vendor-class-identifier;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
   range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.200;
   filename "/tftpboot/elilo.efi";
}

I get the following in dhcpd.leases (along with the usual info):

set client-id="PXEClient:Arch:00002:UNDI:003000"

Mike