Re: bootp not working
Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> Petr's mailing list wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > I got indigo2 and I would like to install debian-mips on it. I have to
> > say I am totaly new with debian-mips, but not with linux. I tried to
> > install indigo2
> > (http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian-mips-woody-install.html). I set
> > dhcpd.conf, set inetd.conf, put tftpboot.img from debian-mips CD in
> > /tftpboot dir on server. I even set IP address in command menu of
> > indigo. I tried to do boot and bootp with echos like this:
> >
> > command:
> > >>boot -f bootp()/tftpboot/tftpboot.img
> > echo:
> > >>No server for /tftpboot/tftpboot.img
>
> It depends on your actual setup for tftp, if the dhcp specifies
> the filename, a simple
>
> bootp():
>
> is enough. Otherwise you have to specify the filename relative to
> the tftpd working directory, which results probably in something
> like
>
> bootp(): tftpboot.img
Could need a absolut path relative to the tftpds root directory:
bootp(): /tftpboot.img
Thats what I have to use on my ftpd here. The logfile of the tftpd (or
syslog) should show the request for the file and failure if the
path/name is wrong. If not increase verbosity of the daemon.
MfG
Goswin
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