Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.5 i386: bootp via netboot not receiving reply
To: cpctc <cpctc@vt.edu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/25/2001 21:24:43
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 10:02:54PM -0400, cpctc wrote:
> I have bootp set up for two hosts, one booting with a gzip'ed kernel on a
> floppy, the other attempting to boot via netboot.com.
> 
> The host booting from floppy works.  The one with netboot.com ("bagel")
> yields the following log message at the server ("horbot"):
> 
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: recvd pkt from IP addr 0.0.0.0
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: bootptab mtime: Tue Jul 24 21:41:00
> 2001
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: request from Ethernet address
> 00:00:C0:95:D0:1C
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: found 10.10.10.10 (bagel)
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: requested path length > BP_FILE_LEN
> file = "netbsd", nul terminating
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: requested path=""  file="netbsd"
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]:
> bootfile="/usr/export/bagel/root/netbsd"
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: vendor magic field is 99.130.83.99
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: sending reply (with RFC1048 options)
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: setarp 10.10.10.10 - 00:00:C0:95:D0:1C
> Jul 24 21:45:29 horbot bootpd[2229]: arp -d 10.10.10.10; arp -s 10.10.10.10
> 00:00:C0:95:D0:1C temp

Please run 'arp' at this point to check that the address is properly
set in the arp table.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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