Why gpxe boot fails when next-server details are offered by the second dhcp server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ?

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Issue

  • Why gpxe boot fails when next-server details are offered by the second dhcp server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ?

Fails with the following message

<a href="ftp://X.X.X.X/Bootstrap" target="_blank" class="make_room_for_kcs">ftp://X.X.X.X/Bootstrap</a>\X86PC\BStrap.0... Permission denied (0x0212603c)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • KVM GPXe boot
  • Two dhcp servers on different subnet and are accessed via relay agetns
    First dhcp server assign IP address
    Second dhcp server provides next-server details

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