Hey guys,
I have been trying to set up a diskless linux workstation.
I have a netboot floppy working - the diskless machine boots and
correctly recognizes the network card, and starts to broadcast
requests. I watch the hub and can see that it is really putting
out requests, so I know the problem is not there.
On the server, I put in a second ethernet card (to keep it on a
physically sepparate network from my internet connection), which is
correctly configured for a static IP.
I have bootpd installed and running (ps aux | grep bootpd), and as
far as I can tell from the howto's and such out there, I have a
correct bootptab config file as well. (i will append the config at
bottom of message). I know I have the hardware address for the
diskless client correct, because the netboot floppy displays it on
boot.
I also have tfptd working correctly. I ssh'ed into a remote
machine and was able to successfully receive a file using tftp, so
I know that is set up correctly.
I cant seem to figure out where the problem is. At least, the
diskless box should be attempting to download the kernel, which it
is not.
Any ideas?
thanks,
jason
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bootptab:
# /etc/bootptab: database for bootp server (/usr/sbin/bootpd)
# first i tried this
#casper:ha=0050BA6619B4:ip=192.168.0.2:bf=/tftpboot/kernel:
# then i tried this
casper:\
:hn=casper:\
:ha=0050BA6619B4:\
:ip=192.168.0.2:\
:sm=255.255.255.0:\
:gw=192.168.0.1:\
:sa=192.168.0.1:\
:ht=ethernet:\
:hd=/tftpboot:\
:td=/tftpboot:\
:bf=kernel:
