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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2010-02-24 17:22:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2010-02-24 17:22:33 +0000 |
| commit | 8451c4a9f65381129d93f06283cc012a13b6613e (patch) | |
| tree | ead83a50cd8fa62ec3b7d142c6dd5f6f23c57a56 | |
| parent | cfd82033aa1b2bc740443b289264e4c674c640a3 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-8451c4a9f65381129d93f06283cc012a13b6613e.zip | |
Drop requirement for TFTP server support of 'tsize' option for PXE booting
As of Lenny syslinux no longer requires that the TFTP server supports the
'tsize' option (see #570273). With thanks to Ferenc Wagner.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml | 9 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 7542cdab0..28f206a02 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ installation-guide (2009xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low Vincent McIntyre. Closes: #511053. * Use 'ip addr' instead of 'ifconfig' to get MAC address for RARP setup. * Update information on setting up a TFTP server. + * As of Lenny syslinux no longer requires that the TFTP server supports the + 'tsize' option (see #570273). With thanks to Ferenc Wagner. -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:01:59 +0200 diff --git a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml index 9ad1ebe80..116756845 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ this section, we shall provide commands for SunOS 4.x, SunOS 5.x <note arch="x86"><para> -To use the Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) method of TFTP -booting, you will need a TFTP server with <userinput>tsize</userinput> -support. On a &debian; server, the <classname>atftpd</classname> and -<classname>tftpd-hpa</classname> packages qualify; we recommend -<classname>tftpd-hpa</classname>. +For a &debian; server we recommend <classname>tftpd-hpa</classname>. +It's written by the same author as the <classname>syslinux</classname> +bootloader and is therefore least likely to cause issues. +A good alternative is <classname>atftpd</classname>. </para></note> |