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

Jason P Holland
2002-10-30T16:33:10Z

alex
i get the same problem using elilo.efi. any other ideas?

jason

> 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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