Alex <xela@MIT.EDU> writes:

> Some Intel PXE ROMs have a bug that results in the bootfile name
> being sent to tftpd with an 0xff appended to the end of the
> filename.  This results in the machine not booting because the
> boot file couldn't be found, and a fair bit of wasted sysadmin 
> time.

Your workaround prevents the sysadmins from noticing that their PXE
ROMs are broken and applying negative reinforcement to the vendor. I
agree with what others have said that having the ability to debug this
kind of lossage is more important than a workaround for one specific
case. What if the next rev of this buggy PXE ROM appends a 0xfe rather
than 0xff?

        - Nathan