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Hi.
I managed to net boot [d-i lenny rc2].
I configured both bootp and dhcp servers on the same machine with
Debian GNU/Linux testing "Lenny" x86 32bit and address 192.168.1.2.
I used dhcp3-server and atftpd (with openbsd-inetd).
I used this /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf.
# START /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
allow booting;
allow bootp;
# The next paragraph needs to be modified to fit your case
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.253;
option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
# the gateway address which can be different
# (access to the internet for instance)
option routers 192.168.1.1;
# indicate the dns you want to use
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
}
group {
filename "pxelinux.0";
next-server 192.168.1.2;
host tftpclient {
# tftp client hardware address
hardware ethernet 00:11:22:33:44:55;
}
}
# END /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
Initially I tried to use tftpd-hpa, as recommended in [d-i manual]
("we recommend tftpd-hpa").
>From the same guide, I read
"Debian packages will in general set this up correctly by default when
they are installed"
, but it is not true for tftpd-hpa; instead it is true for atftpd.
I lost at least 2 hours trying to set it up.
Then I switched to atftpd and all worked flawlessly with my settings.
Can you please consider modifying [d-i manual] writing "we recommend atftpd"?
Thanks for your work,
Luca Favatella
P.S.
I got the "Disk devices may change on reboot" bug, but I read in the
[d-i errata] that this is a known bug.
I solved it as suggested in the [d-i errata]:
"In most cases this can be corrected by changing the bootloader
configuration and /etc/fstab, possibly using the rescue mode of the
installer."
[d-i lenny rc2]
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
[d-i manual] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s05.html
[d-i errata] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
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