[K12OSN] dhcpd and tftp

["Terrell Prudé, Jr."]

I remember running into this issue two years ago, back when I first 
tried out K12LTSP.  This was back in the Version 2.1.2 days.  It seemed 
to be some weird interaction between the NIC in my thin client and 
dhcpd.  I say that because I tried two different DHCP servers, and the 
client got its address with no problem.  One of those DHCP servers that 
I tried is still in use today, a Cisco router.  However, that same thin 
client, with the same NIC, has no trouble to this day with K12LTSP 
3.1.2's dhcpd.  Yes, weird, but that's what I saw.

Is it possible for you to either swap the NIC or try that client out 
with a different DHCP server?

--TP

Rob Owens wrote:

>(I'm sending this from a new email address because of
>the formatting issues I've had with my old one.)
>
>I don't have the box in front of me right now, but it
>said something like "Searching for DHCP server" and
>then I got a dot on the screen every 30 seconds or so.
>
>I checked the server's logs and it looks like an IP
>address was offered to the client, but I see no action
>out of tftpd or xinetd (which calls tftpd on my
>system).
>
>-Rob
>
>--- "Terrell Prudé, Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
>wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Rob Owens wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I need to clarify a few things to help me in my
>>>      
>>>
>>troubleshooting.
>>    
>>
>>>In /etc/dhcpd.conf:
>>>
>>>1)  option root-path     this should be
>>>      
>>>
>>"<serveripaddress>:/opt/ltsp/i386", right?  (I am
>>using i386 machines)
>>    
>>
>>>2)  filename      this should be something like
>>>      
>>>
>>"/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-2", right? 
>>    
>>
>>>tftp:
>>>
>>>3)  vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-2 should be located in
>>>      
>>>
>>/tftpboot/lts, right?  (tftpd is called with -s
>>/tftpboot)
>>    
>>
>>>4)  In /tftpboot/lts I also have a 2.4.26-ltsp-2
>>>      
>>>
>>directory.  I think this is only used for PXE
>>booting, is that right? 
>>    
>>
>>>5)  Is there an initrd file that needs to be placed
>>>      
>>>
>>somewhere?  Perhaps with vmlinuz=2.4.26-ltsp-2?
>>    
>>
>>>cat /var/log/daemons/info shows me that my terminal
>>>      
>>>
>>is being offerred an IP address, but nothing else is
>>happenning and the terminal doesn't boot.  I'm
>>trying to figure out why.
>>    
>>
>>>As you can probably tell, I'm not using a default
>>>      
>>>
>>K12LTSP install.  Due to a limited supply of
>>hardware, I am installing ltsp on top of an
>>already-existing Mandrake box as a test.  But it
>>looks like I'm the one being tested...
>>    
>>
>>>-Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>What does your client box say?  Where, precisely,
>>does it stop booting?
>>
>>--TP
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