Re: pxe booting problem

[Axel Freyn <axel-freyn@gmx.de>]

Hi,
> I tried to install debian via PXE.
> following the doc, I install netboot.tar.gz  which contains pxe file.
> I configured the dhcpd.conf   here is relevant part :
> 
> host 00016CB3066E{   #     MAC
>     hardware ethernet 00:01:6C:B3:06:6E;
>     fixed-address    172.19.6.224;
>     server-name    debian225;
>     next-server    debian225;
>     filename "/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";
> }
> 
> I decompressed  netboot.tar in /var/lib/tftpboot ,
> I installed  tftpd-hpa
> first problem:
> the file contains /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
> 
> RUN_DAEMON="no"
> OPTIONS="-l -s /var/lib/tftpboot"
> 
> so the standalone tftpd-hpa is disabled, ??
Yes, that's correct: the tftp-Server is not running stand-alone, but it
will be executed by inetd whenever neede (so you have to verify that the
inetd-server ist really running).
Of course - if you prefer - you can also use the standalon tftp-Server
and uncomment the line in inetd.conf - it shouldn't make any difference
>  While the file /etc/inetd.conf  contains the good line
> tftp           dgram   udp     wait    root  /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
> /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftpboot
> 
> When I boot  a remote machine,  I get correct address from the dhcp,
> but the error is :  file not found  tftp error   ?????
>             why  I declared  pxelinux0  in the /var/lib/tftpboot
> 
The easiest would be to use a network sniffer like wireshark in order to
verify which file the client is trying to download exactly. However, in
your configuration of the tftp-Server, the file
"/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.0" on the server will be accessed by
"pxelinux.0" - without the directory. So just try 
     filename "pxelinux.0";
instead of
     filename "/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";
maybe that will work...

HTH,

Axel