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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2006-07-13 23:07:28 -0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2006-07-13 23:07:28 -0700 |
| commit | 6ba768c1bcbe64b32a610919ce7de5f1b14f5e9e (patch) | |
| tree | 39b75d0976391c9055da475793e8c01375bfa38f | |
| parent | 1b09cc0b1dfbcf8272ac8422ca29521bde8097a4 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-6ba768c1bcbe64b32a610919ce7de5f1b14f5e9e.tar.gz | |
Document PXELINUX timeout fixsyslinux-3.20-pre10
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| -rw-r--r-- | pxelinux.doc | 5 |
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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Changes in 3.20: * mboot.c32 bug fixes. * Remove 8 MB kernel size restriction. * Add "klibc" target for building unix/syslinux with klcc. + * PXELINUX: Fail (and eventually reboot) if no configuration + file was found. Changes in 3.11: * MEMDISK: Fix bug by which accessing the real floppy disk diff --git a/pxelinux.doc b/pxelinux.doc index ee1fbeda..c029ed5d 100644 --- a/pxelinux.doc +++ b/pxelinux.doc @@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ Note that all filename references are relative to the directory pxelinux.0 lives in. PXELINUX generally requires that filenames (including any relative path) are 127 characters or shorter in length. +Starting in release 3.20, PXELINUX will no longer apply a built-in +default if it cannot find any configuration file at all; instead it +will reboot after the timeout interval has expired. This keeps a +machine from getting stuck indefinitely due to a boot server failure. + PXELINUX does not support MTFTP, and I have no immediate plans of doing so. It is of course possible to use MTFTP for the initial boot, if you have such a setup. MTFTP server setup is beyond the scope of |