Re: Indy tftp install problem

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Steven Thomas wrote:
> You beauties! Thanks very much for your help. My Indy is now a turquoise 
> tornado of a Debian box ;)
> 
> The crucial advice, over and above that on the web, was to use the 
> tftpd-hpa package.
> 
> A short checklist for others ('chupacabras' is the dhcpd and tftpd host, 
> ipaddr 192.168.1.3) :
> 
> steve@chupacbras:~ ls -l /tftpboot/
> total 4620
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 4716488 2006-06-10 18:23 netboot-boot.img
> steve@chupacabras:~ cat /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {}
> 
> host indy {
>        hardware ethernet 08:00:69:09:b4:26;
>        next-server 192.168.1.3;
>        fixed-address 192.168.1.197;
>        filename "netboot-boot.img";
> }
> steve@chupacabras:~ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
> 2048    32767
> steve@chupacabras:~ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc
> 1
> 
> I did not run tftpd via inetd :
> root@chupacabras:/home/steve# in.tftpd -l -s /tftpboot
> 
> On the Indy, at the maintenance prompt :
> >>bootp():
> 
> I found it unnecessary to 'unsetenv netaddr' or supply arguments to the 
> bootp(): command.
> 
> Thanks once again,

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Thiemo