On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Christos Zoulas wrote:

> In article <199609250101.UAA25105@solutions.solon.com> seebs@solon.com (Peter Seebach) writes:
> >Here's what happens:  tftp times out, and nothing boots.
> >
> 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.
> 
But not all SunOS boot ROMs.  My Sun 4c sends "/tftpboot/xxxxxxxx.SUN4C" 
to tftp as its requested file name.