tftp boot problem
Gerard GACHELIN
I can't boot my Ultra1 via tftpboot.
Is there any known problem with the tftp64.img file distributed with RH6.1 ?
Here is what I type at the Ok prompt :
boot net linux nfsroot=my.rarp.server.addres:/tftpboot/C131... (the Ip address
in hexa). This address is linked with tftp64.img.
Is this right ?
(I tried also with the .Sun4u suffix )
(the ultra1 ethernet address is in the ethers file of the rarp server).
I receivet a timeout ARP/RARP message.
The same Ultra1 does not have any networking problem under Solaris 7.
With a Sparcastation 5 and tftp32.img on the same rarp server, everything is
working fine.
Thanks for any help.
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Isaiah Weiner
have tftpd set up correctly, try only 'boot net' at the forth monitor.
- Isaiah
bret stern
the tftp32.img. Although I didn't use the tftp64.img image, here are some
things I did.
Be sure you have uncommented or added the tftp service in "inetd.conf".
My machine has a folder "tftpboot" and a file named 0A010180.SUN4M,
which has a symbolic link to the image tftp32.img.
There should be a tftptool perl script which leads the way in terms of
configuration. The script complained about some things, but helped me get going.
Also, I simply ran "boot net", and the install started.
Good luck
Matt Housh
For anyone who's not done it, here's a simple list of things to do to
set up a TFTP boot for installing RH...
1- make sure tftp is installed and configured in inetd.conf on the
server machine
2- make sure rarp support is available in the kernel
3- On the server:
arp -s <hostname_of_client> <colon_separated_hardware_address_of_client>
rarp -s <hostname_of_client>
<colon_separated_hardware_address_of_client>
ln -s /path/to/tftp32.img
/path/to/tftpboot/directory/<HEX_IP_of_client.ARCH>
4- On the client:
boot net or boot le() -(at the sparc prom)
So, for example, on the server:
arp -s 192.168.1.1 08:00:20:1A:4E:F2
rarp -s 192.168.1.1 08:00:20:1A:4E:F2
ln -s /tftpboot/tftp32.img /tftpboot/C0A80101.SUN4C
Then, on the client:
boot net
This is sufficient for me to boot my Sparc IPX from another linux box
on the local network. There are probably other ways to do it, but I find
this works excellently for two linux boxes.
Matt
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Forget the linuxroot argument to the kernel just do a "boot net linux"
run tcpdump looking for the communications: "tcpdump ether host <mac
address here>"
(check syntax with man page))
make sure you have added the mac and ip for the booting box to rarp with:
"rarp -p <hostname> <mac address>"
then boot, and do a network install.
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Gerard GACHELIN wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I can't boot my Ultra1 via tftpboot.
>>Is there any known problem with the tftp64.img file distributed with RH6.1 ?
>>
>>Here is what I type at the Ok prompt :
>>
>>boot net linux nfsroot=my.rarp.server.addres:/tftpboot/C131... (the Ip address
>>in hexa). This address is linked with tftp64.img.
>>
>>Is this right ?
>>(I tried also with the .Sun4u suffix )
>>
>>(the ultra1 ethernet address is in the ethers file of the rarp server).
>>I receivet a timeout ARP/RARP message.
>>
>>The same Ultra1 does not have any networking problem under Solaris 7.
>>
>>With a Sparcastation 5 and tftp32.img on the same rarp server, everything is
>>working fine.
>>
>>Thanks for any help.
>>
>>--
>>**********************************************************
>>* Gerard GACHELIN e-mail : g...@lirmm.fr *
>>* LIRMM (UMR 5506 CNRS/UMII) MONTPELLIER (FRANCE) *
>>* WWW LIRMM Home Page http://www.lirmm.fr/ *
>>*********************************************************
>>
>>