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Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - silver310 - 2015-12-01 10:33
Hi, I've set up an iPXE server, all file downloads are done via http.
The problem is that every 1 out of 5 times it'll fail to download the file, it'll show me an error "couldn't retrieve file" and reboot, if i try to boot it again it'll download the same file successfully (trying after 30 sec).
I don't know if this is an iPXE issue or a problem with my server.
I am running the latest version of iPXE on a Centos 7 server.
How can I file out where this problem is coming from?
Also, is it possible to return to the main menu after that kind of error?
In my menu.ipxe file i have
:some_entry
kernel some_kernel
initrd some_initrd.img
boot || goto failed
:failed
echo Booting failed, returning to main-menu
sleep 5
goto start
where start is my main-menu, but this doesn't work, it just reboots.
RE: Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - SebastianRoth - 2015-12-01 16:10
Do you see the HTTP requests in your apache access log or possibly errors in apache error log when you see "couldn't retrieve file"?
RE: Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - silver310 - 2015-12-02 09:41
(2015-12-01 16:10)SebastianRoth Wrote: Do you see the HTTP requests in your apache access log or possibly errors in apache error log when you see "couldn't retrieve file"?
When the download completes succesfully i see it in the logs, but when i get that error i don't see anything in the error log.
following the error code i got to this page http://ipxe.org/err/420c60
what does "content type" mean in "If you have a custom webserver giving out files, then as of August 17, 2015 builds of iPXE, you need to give out the content type of “text/plain”."?
RE: Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - danberk - 2015-12-11 21:42
Hi! I put that in, I had a custom Apache Tomcat server serving files, and I was getting a error if I didnt set the content type manually.
RE: Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - silver310 - 2015-12-13 07:53
(2015-12-11 21:42)danberk Wrote: Hi! I put that in, I had a custom Apache Tomcat server serving files, and I was getting a error if I didnt set the content type manually.
Where do i configure this?
RE: Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - danberk - 2015-12-15 20:38
Which HTTP server are you using?
RE: Failing to download via http 1 out of 5 times. - silver310 - 2015-12-22 13:40
(2015-12-15 20:38)danberk Wrote: Which HTTP server are you using?
Apache on Centos 7