Re: bootp not working

["The Fungi" <fungi@yuggoth.org>]

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 06:26:57PM -0700, Bruce Fausey wrote:
> I have an indigo2 and I would like to install
> debian-mips on it, because part of the IRIX system is
> missing. I followed the howto from the woody install.
> I finally figured out how to do the DHCP server
> configuration. I put in the command:
> boot -f bootp()/tftpboot/tftpboot.img
> 
> then I get setting ip address to 192.168.0.3 and then
> it sits for a while and then I get the message:
> cannot find bootp
> 
> does that mean I am missing bootp on the indy and I am
> SOL for putting debian linux on it?
> 
> does anybody have ideas what to try next.

To get the Debian dhcp package to serve bootp as well, you need to
add the following line to /etc/dhcp.conf:

   allow bootp;

The, restart (not reload) the dhcp daemon. Also, if it's at all like
my Indy, you need to:

   echo 2048 32767 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
   echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc

...on your tftp server. Without doing *both* of the above, mine does
not work.
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