Re: [Linux-ia64] PXE boot off HP zx6000

Alex Williamson
2002-10-30T16:27:10Z

Jason P Holland wrote:
>
> hello,
> i'm trying to do a PXE boot from an HP zx6000 workstation. My tftp
> server is version 0.29-3 for Redhat ia4. I'm also using dhcp 3.0p11-9. I
> get the following error from the EFI shell trying to do a lanboot
>
> PXE-E05: Download buffer is smaller than the requested file
> Exit status code: Invalid Parameter
>
> i've seen a few messages about this in the archives, but nothing i tried
> has worked. the file i want to boot off of is pxelinux.0 from the
> syslinux package. its only 10820 bytes, is the buffer really too small or
> is there another problem i'm just not seeing? if i need to post some
> config files, please let me know. thanks

I think pxelinux is only for ia32. Strange things might happen on
ia64. Elilo supports PXE boot, just specify 'filename "elilo.efi";'
in your DHCP config file, make sure it's available via the same file
name from tftp and you should be set.

Alex

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