RE: netboot problem on qube2
Hallo, thanks for your input. The iBook(NFS server) is 10.0.0.100, and
the gateway is 10.0.0.1. Sorry for the confusion.
Peter
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 22:20 +0100, Cipriano Baccarella wrote:
> Hello, I am not very an expert on the matter but it seems to me that your
> next-server is not correct, you must put here address IP of your waiter NFS
> (of the ibook) the remainder the my air right.
>
> Cipriano baccarella
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Peter [mailto:petrvz@gmx.net]
> Envoyé : jeudi, 28. décembre 2006 21:52
> À : debian-mips@lists.debian.org
> Objet : netboot problem on qube2
>
> Hi list,
>
> After having obtained an bigger HD for my CobaltQube2, I want to
> reinstall Debian on the new HD. I set out to follow the instructions on
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/cobalt/install.html , which I used to
> successfully install Sarge on the previous HD. But this time I'm not so
> lucky.
>
> I installed nfs-user-server and dhcp3-server on my iBook, which is on an
> internal network behind a gateway with the ip 10.0.0.1
> I added the line
>
> /nfsroot 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro) to /etc/exports
>
> and changed /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf to contain the following:
>
> subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 10.0.0.40 10.0.0.255;
> option domain-name-servers 10.0.0.1;
> option routers 10.0.0.1;
> option broadcast-address 10.0.0.255;
> default-lease-time 600;
> max-lease-time 7200;
> }
>
> # Hosts which require special configuration options can be listed in
> # host statements. If no address is specified, the address will be
> # allocated dynamically (if possible), but the host-specific information
> # will still come from the host declaration.
>
> host qube {
> hardware ethernet 00:10:e0:4a:88;
> fixed-address 10.0.0.50;
> option routers 10.0.0.1;
> next-server 10.0.0.100;
> option root-path "/nfsroot";
> filename "default.colo";
> option host-name "qube";
> }
>
> When I try to netboot, /var/log/messages shows the following:
> Dec 28 21:08:16 ibook dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 00:10:e0:00:4a:88 via eth1:
> BOOTP from dynamic client and no dynamic leases
>
> while tcpdump -e -i eth1 gives me
> 21:23:29.439975 00:10:e0:00:4a:88 (oui Unknown) > Broadcast, ethertype IPv4
> (0x0800), length 410: 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP,
> Request from 00:10:e0:00:4a:88 (oui Unknown), length 364
>
> But nothing happens. The qube is connected via eth0. What am I missing here?
> (I tried with the Sarge installer as well, but with the same result).
> I'm anxious to get this Qube up and running with Debian, but I'm stuck. Can
> anybody point out
> what I did wrong and help me on my way? It's probaly something obvious that
> I missed, insights are much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Peter
>
>
>
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