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Hi,

I've been trying to setup a pxe environment and have been running into some issues trying to use grldr vs pxelinux. That's when I came across ERPXE and thought I might give it a try. I just had a concern about the installation / configuration process before I jumped in. As I mentioned, I have a pxe currently running pxelinux.0. This works as expected and relies upon DNSMASQ (under Arch Linux) for all the footwork. I do not use an independent tftp server.

In the installation instructions for ERPXE, there is a section which states:

Config TFTP service
This step is very IMPORTANT! if the erpxe.remap configuration is missing most plugins will not work.

Edit "/etc/xinetd.d/tftp"

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

My question is how do I incorporate these "VERY IMPORTANT" settings into an existing DNSMASQ configuration? I've tried searching around and I haven't been able to find any appropriate information on the topic. Are they required for DNSMASQ? I assume that the DNSMASQ daemon does not rely upon the "/etc/xinetd.d/tftp" config file since I have not read anything else about it in relation to setting up DNSMASQ.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

There is no difference in the PXE boot process between DHCPd and DNSMASQ.
Both will allow you to boot using pxelinux.0/gpxe/ipxe.

Also both of them rely on your TFTPd settings and this is where you need to insert the remap configuration.