Re: [Linux-ia64] PXE Boot

Stephane Eranian
2002-01-16T18:23:41Z

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.

> 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?

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-Stephane