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syslinux upgrade for tc4.7.x?
gmc:
Thanks genec! I had seen the ./ in some prior posts but assumed that it had to do with directory path info or some such. I have so much to learn. That hint will be most useful.
You were right on with the ldlinux and c32 lib stuff. Those were the very things I had to figure out. None of my PXE menu choices would work until I got all those files where they could be found at PXE client boot time. I suppose there is a "proper" place to copy them to but I found that putting them in /netboot worked, so that is where they are for now.
You really got my interest up with that last bit about http! I think I need to read up on that because I want to PXE boot some larger .iso images and I don't need to tell you how slow that is with tftp. Thanks for mentioning it!
Have a great day!
curaga:
TFTP can be quite fast when you configure it to use bigger blocks. The default is 512 bytes IIRC, at 64kb it's quite swift.
genec:
--- Quote from: curaga on June 11, 2013, 07:13:22 AM ---TFTP can be quite fast when you configure it to use bigger blocks. The default is 512 bytes IIRC, at 64kb it's quite swift.
--- End quote ---
Most PXE stacks I've seen are limited to ~MTU and won't implement a window larger than 1, topping out around 1-2 MB/s. I've heard the MS TFTP service in some version will do a window of 8. However, I've seen PXELINUX 4.10-pre16 and 5.10 doing 17MB/s and I heard a claim of 70 MB/s, both over HTTP.
curaga:
Ah yes, bios limits. I've been using busybox on both ends, they support 64kb fine.
gmc:
Ah So! Velly Intelesting. I go study now...
Seriously, I had forgotten about the size options. I think I put it aside because I didn't want to add potential boot problems while I was learning and testing. I may still play with those settings once everything is set up and working properly just to see what difference they make in speed. But for now I am seriously looking at http boot for the big stuff.
Thanks for all the input!
Glen
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