The error was caused by a misconfigured ndb. Thanks to Frank D. Engel Jr., which gave me the hint in a separat email.
So I played around with my ndb files, and concluded,… that I don’t quit understand how the ndb works. Given following basic ndb configuration: ; cat /lib/ndb/local # # files comprising the database, use as many as you like, see ndb(6) # database= file=/lib/ndb/local file=/lib/ndb/common # # because the public demands the name localsource # ip=127.0.0.1 sys=localhost dom=localhost # # main network for home.csr.germteig.com # ipnet=main ip=10.0.0.0 ipmask=255.0.0.0 ipsubmask=255.255.0.0 # # server subnetwork # ipnet=srv ip=10.0.0.0 ipmask=255.255.0.0 fs=fs.main.com auth=auth.main.com authdom=servers.main.com sys=auth ip=10.0.0.3 ether=<mac address> dom=auth.main.com sys=cpu ip=10.0.0.4 ether=<mac address> ip=10.0.0.5 ether=<mac address> dom=cpu.main.com bootf=/386/9boot sys=fs ip=10.0.0.10 ether=<mac address> ip=10.0.0.11 ether=<mac address> dom=fs.main.com ; With that, the cpu server boots just fine. It reads its config file under /cfg/pxe/ and loads the kernel. Now if I change the ip address of that cpu server to following: sys=cpu ip=10.0.1.4 ether=<mac address> ip=10.0.1.5 ether=<mac address> dom=cpu.main.com bootf=/386/9boot Then I get the error "tftpload: file does not exist”. But why? -marco > On 17.07.2023, at 22:25, Marco Feichtinger <ma...@germteig.com> wrote: > > yes, ip/dhcpd and ip/tftpd are running on the file server > > -marco > >> On 17.07.2023, at 20:47, Steve Simon <st...@quintile.net> wrote: >> >> are you running the tftp server? >> >> >>> On 17 Jul 2023, at 4:38 pm, Marco Feichtinger <ma...@germteig.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have a standalone file server, and a separate standalone auth server. >>> >>> I tried to pxe boot a cpu server. >>> It gets the /386/9boot to load fine, but then it seems, that it can’t >>> retrieve the file /cfg/pxe/<mac address> from my file server. >>> >>> here is the screen output during bootup: >>> 9boot gz…starting protected-mode loader at 0x900020 >>> >>> Plan 9 from Bell Labs PXE boot loader >>> cpu0: 1800MHz GenuineIntel Atom (cpuid: AX 0x106CA DX 0xBFEBFBFF) >>> ELCR: CC80 >>> #l0: i82598: 10Gbps port 0XFE980000 irq 11: <mac address> >>> #l0: i82598: 10Gbps port 0XFE980000 irq 10: <mac address> >>> 498M memory: 498M kernel data, 0M user, 18M swap >>> pxe on ether0 . >>> <sysname> (10.0.10.1!69): /cfg/pxe/<mac address> >>> .T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.Ttftpread1st: failed to connect to server (10.0.10.1!69) >>> >>> failed. >>> tftpload: file does not exist >>> >>> Which is strange, because I did create the file on my file server. >>> It looks like following: >>> bootfile=ether0!/386/9pccpuf >>> nobootprompt=tcp >>> readparts=1 >>> mouseport=2 >>> monitor=vesa >>> vgasize=1024x768x8 >>> user=bootes >>> sysname=<sysname> >>> >>> Does anyone know what might be the problem? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -marco >>> ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T8484142ec51acbb7-M1d39b26008b7a69293810d6e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription