[K12OSN] dhcpd and tftp

[Rob Owens]

Using a boot disk.  Originally I used one specifically
for my NIC, but now I'm using a universal one, which
does seem to recognize my NIC correctly. 

-Rob

--- Mark Gumprecht <gumprechtm at msln.net> wrote:

> Sorry if I missed it, But are you using a bootable
> NIC or a Boot disk?
> 
> 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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> Mark Gumprecht
> Data Systems Specialist
> MSAD3
> Unity, ME
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