[ipxe-devel] Infinite dhcp request

[Hummel Frank]

" when uefi client..." .--> .. /tftpboot/pxelinux/pxelinux.0
Will never work!
UEFI client needs a UEFI bootfile like bootx64.efi (Windows) or ipxe.efi
Pxelinux.0 is a legacy NBP.

Same bug here. Legacy and UEFI mixed up and XORed.
        if exists ipxe.efi {
                filename "pxelinux.0";
        } else {
                filename "some other NBP here";
        }

If a legacy client reaches out for a NBP: send a legacy bootfile like pxelinux.0.
If an UEFI client reaches out for a NBP: send a UEFI bootfile like ipxe.efi or bootx64.efi.

Check if option arch = 00:07 is present (UEFI) or not and the user-class to determine the necessary boot- or menufile.

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Von: ipxe-devel-bounces at lists.ipxe.org [mailto:ipxe-devel-bounces at lists.ipxe.org] Im Auftrag von Martin Habets
Gesendet: Freitag, 21. April 2017 14:59
An: ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org
Betreff: Re: [ipxe-devel] Infinite dhcp request


On 21/04/17 12:06, Shubham Mittal wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I have reached to a certain situation here.
> 
> when uefi client makes a dhcp request to dhcp server, i have 
> configured /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file to run the pxelinux.0 file that 
> resides at /tftpboot/pxelinux/pxelinux.0
> 
> now when this file would be called, it will again make a dhcp request to dhcp server and and again run the pxelinux.0 file and so on.....
> 
> i think this is going into infinity loop.

You have to configure /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf to avoid this. Something like this could work:

        if exists ipxe.efi {
                filename "pxelinux.0";
        } else {
                filename "some other NBP here";
        }

Please try to read http://ipxe.org/howto/dhcpd and have a scan through http://ipxe.org/docs

> 
> Could you help me out here so that it runs properly. 

We do not know what "properly" means for your situation.

Martin

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