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Re: debian-installer-7.0-netboot-kfreebsd-amd64: does not boot from pxe - still reproduceable



Hi, 

On Wed Feb 20, 2013 at 23:25:25 +0000, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> On 20/02/13 23:09, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:
> > ifconfig eth0 10.24.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
> > apt-get install tftpd
> 
> Ahhh!
> 
> > $ apt-cache show tftpd
> > ...
> > Tftpd is not suitable for use with the PXE bootloader; for that, use atftpd or tftpd-hpa.

same problem with atftpd, it also just shows me the grub menu after a while. 

for tftpd-hpa it is even worse:

| > boot f0
| 
| Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.72
| Copyright (C) 1997-2010, Intel Corporation
| 
| CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CE 6E B8                                             
| CLIENT IP: 10.24.0.10  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 10.24.0.1                 
| TFTP.                                                                          
| PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
| 
| No Boot device available, enter monitor.
| 
| 
| comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.

 
> I really think that belongs in a NEWS file and shown during install.
> After all, what is *the* most common reason for anyone to install a
> tftpd these days...
> 
> Did you also try to netboot a GNU/Linux d-i from this tftpd?

works perfectly fine with tftpd. I just would like to have kfreebsd on that soekris! :)

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