Thanks for posting Pat. Hopefully we can get some advice. Can you send ne a direct link to the thread so I can follow tomorrow?
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Patrick Boutet <pat.bou...@gmail.com> wrote: > So a friend and I are trying to install debian on an old G4 xserver cluster > node (specs here). We are following this guide on the debian site > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch04s05.html.en. > > So far we have got a RHEL 5 machine actings as a functioning DHCP server and > TFTP server. But we are really unsure of what to do for step "4.5.4. Move > TFTP Images Into Place." Can anyone offer any guidance as to what files to > place in the tftpboot directory? We are assuming vmlinux, initrd.gz, yaboot, > yaboot.conf and boot.msg from > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/ > is this right or wrong? What should the directory structure look like? > > Next, what do we do for the part that says"You may have to make a link from > that file to the file which tftpd will use for booting a particular client. > Unfortunately, the file name is determined by the TFTP client, and there are > no strong standards." We really don't know what to do for this part. When it > mentions TFTP client does it mean the one that the xserver uses, does > OpenFirmware use a client somehow? Because were attempting to initiate > booting from TFTP through Open Firmware on the xserver via "boot enet:0" and > "boot enet:0,yaboot" both of which did not work. Were assuming because we > don't have the right files and in the right structure in the tftpboot > directory. > > Any advice on how to get this xserver to netboot would be amazingly helpful, > we've been fighting with it for many weeks now and not getting anywhere :( > > Sincerely, > > Patrick Boutet
