[SOLVED] Tablet Host rejecting PXE Config

NegativeZero000 · 08-13-2012, 10:30 AM

I have a small PXE server running on CentOS 5.6 which has been working well with my Dell and HP hosts. Recently i got a tablet that i will need to configure along with 50 more. I wanted to image it and that is what i set up my PXE server for.

When the IconiaTab 500 boots it get passed DHCP and then says:

Code:

PXE-T01: File not found
PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File not found

So i turn on verbose logging for tftp to get more information:

Code:

service tftp
{
        socket_type             = dgram
        protocol                = udp
        wait                    = yes
        user                    = root
        server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
        server_args             = -s /tftpboot -v
        disable                 = no
        per_source              = 11
        cps                     = 100 2
        flags                   = IPv4
}

Which give me the following in /etc/varlog/messages

Code:

Aug 13 11:20:52 kanpxe in.tftpd[15927]: RRQ from 10.10.15.99 filename pxelinux.0
Aug 13 11:20:52 kanpxe in.tftpd[15927]: tftp: client does not accept options
Aug 13 11:20:52 kanpxe in.tftpd[15928]: RRQ from 10.10.15.99 filename

The following is a log portion from a host that properly loaded a menu

Code:

Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15935]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.0
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15935]: tftp: client does not accept options
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15936]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.0
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15937]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/8fadeb36-e1c8-e111-91b3-9cc87201c046
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15938]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/01-b4-b5-2f-2b-bd-c7
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15939]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A0A0F34
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15940]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A0A0F3
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15941]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A0A0F
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15942]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A0A0
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15943]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A0A
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15944]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A0
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15945]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0A
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15946]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/0
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15947]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/default
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15948]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename menu.c32
Aug 13 11:22:49 kanpxe in.tftpd[15949]: RRQ from 10.10.15.52 filename pxelinux.cfg/default

I'm barely a gifted amateur when it comes to this. Im trying to bring more into the business but i dont have
to configure it much so what little i know usually goes into the voids of my memory. I mostly do Windows.

NegativeZero000 · 08-14-2012, 11:40 AM

I managed to fix it. The larger part of the issue was whatever file the tablet was trying to pull down. I edited my config file to include a map file "-s /tftpboot -vvv -m /tftpboot/tftpd-hpa.map".

The contents of my map file are as such
e ^[a-zA-Z0-9].*$
r .* pxelinux.0

The explanation and source are from here
http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index...te_DHCP_server

On another note i had some issues with input devices which i found solutions for here:
http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers...ia-tab-w500%3F

jefro · 08-14-2012, 08:58 PM

Welllll, you know, we were going to suggest that, really.

Thanks for posting it solved and the fix!