Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail to load root.bin via tftp
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:00:49PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> [Michael, please retain the CC to the BTS].
>
> "Michael R. Schwarzbach" <spg@fs.tum.de> writes:
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> > | Is anyone on this list able to test i386 / tftp and see if it's really
> > | broken? If so, this is an "important" bug. It's easy enough to fix
> > | -- e.g, just disable TFTP on i386 if we have to.
> >
> > i have written this to the bug a few days ago:
> > i had a look at the cvs-sources of boot-floppies:
> > IMHO the bug is in /tftpboot.sh:
> [...]
> > a root.bin is only appended to sparc, arm, mips and mipsel. so the
> > bootfloppies should be broken on all other platforms.
>
> Not necessarily. First off, currently, the following arches don't
> support TFTP at all, e.g., they don't have any special tftp images:
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> s390, powerpc, hppa
>
> Actually, I'm a little suprised to see PowerPC there! Is this list
> right?
yaboot works with tftp. I don't think it's right.
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