Re: [LUG] tftp question (long)

[dave morgan <morgad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:18:00 +0100, dave morgan <morgad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Many thanks to all for a fascinating meeting last night.
>
>I am trying http for the first time to netboot the Debian installer
>for the new webserver.
>
>I have been attempting to follow the recipe at
>http://roland.entierement.nu/index.php/archives/2005/02/16/debian-on-soekris-howto
>
>the 4801 boots, gets its network info by dhcp, but tftp fails ..
>==================================================================
>comBIOS ver. 1.28  20050529  Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Soekris
>Engineering.

[snip]

> 
> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C4 F3 34
> CLIENT IP: 192.168.0.9  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 192.168.0.10
> GATEWAY IP: 192.168.0.10
> PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout
> TFTP..==================================================================
>
>any ideas what I have done wrong?
>
>best regards
>Dave

assuming that there was a tftp server on my (IPCOP) dhcp box was the
first error!

installed HPA's tftp server on this machine (192.168.0.1) and changed
the config on the dhcp server (192.168.0.10) to -

host fix2 # soekris 4801
{
        hardware ethernet 00:00:24:c4:f3:34;
        fixed-address 192.168.0.9;
        next-server 192.168.0.1;
        filename "pxelinux.0";
        option root-path "/var/lib/tftpboot";
}

and now it boots :-)

(although the display is corrupted - all characters come back twice on
2nd stage boot, then I end up with a blank screen!)

best regards
Dave

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