In article <199609250101.UAA25105@solutions.solon.com> seebs@solon.com (Peter Seebach) writes:
>Here's what happens:  tftp times out, and nothing boots.
>
>tcpdump -vv udp sez:
>19:59:23.086974 4xdev.1224 > 255.255.255.255.tftp: 22 RRQ "C0815418.SUN4" (ttl 255, id 0)
>19:59:23.241599 taniemarie.1063 > 4xdev.1224: udp 21 (ttl 64, id 5874)
>
>This is "correct" - the Sun 4 is getting the hardware address 192.129.84.24,
>and is requesting a file which exists, is in /tftpboot, and is world readable.
>I have
>tftp            dgram   udp     wait    nobody  /usr/libexec/tftpd      tftpd /tftpboot
>in /etc/inetd.conf.
>

My entry looks like:

tftp            dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/libexec/tftpd      tftpd -s
 /tftpboot

The man page says:

     When using the -s flag with a directory name, tftpd will chroot(2) on
     startup; therefore the remote host is not expected to pass the directory
     as part of the file name to transfer.  This option is intended primarily
     for compatibility with SunOS boot ROMs which do not include a directory
     name.

christos