Re: PXE Booting problem

[Max LeÃn <mleon%wirewatchers.com@localhost>]

Hi Atticus,
Thanks for you input, I did remove the heading / from the dhcpd.conf but 
to no avail.

Any other ideas?

Thanks a lot.

On 6/23/10 5:43 PM, Atticus wrote:
>
> Remove the initial / from the file statement in dhcpd.conf
>
> On Jun 23, 2010 6:08 PM, "Max León" <mleon%wirewatchers.com@localhost 
> <mailto:mleon%wirewatchers.com@localhost>> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > I wonder if you can help me out here.
> > I'm trying to boot a small appliance through PXE to install on it 
> NetBSD.
> >
> > Here is my dhcpd.conf:
> >
> > default-lease-time 3600;
> > max-lease-time 7200;
> > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> > ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
> > option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.i
> > subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> > option routers 192.168.1.1;
> > range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.205;
> > option root-path "/tftpboot";
> > filename "/pxeboot_ia32.bin";
> > }
> >
> > I have tftp enabled on inetd and is indeed pointing to /tftpboot on the
> > filesystem
> >
> > Both files are present and pxeboot_ia32.bin has boot options 
> modified so
> > it boots to com0.
> >
> > I can see that the device get's an IP finds the tftp server, downloads
> > the pxeboot_ia.bin and reboots.
> > But I have no clue on how to instruct the device to load the
> > NetBSD-INSTALL that is on the /tftpboot as well.
> > The device has tinyBIOS and uses Intel PXE-2.0 ROM.
> >
> > The output I get on the console after all this exchange is the 
> following:
> >
> > >> NetBSD/x86 PXE Boot, Revision 5.1 (from NetBSD 5.0.2)
> > >> Memory: 555/261120 k
> > Press return to boot now, or any key for boot menu
> > Starting 0
> > type "?" or "help" for help.
> > >boot tftp:netbsd-INSTALL
> > PXE BIOS Version 2.1
> > Using PCI device at bus 0 device 9 function 0
> > Ethernet address 00:0d:1b:f7:02
> > read header failed: Unknown error: code 60
> > boot: Unknown error: code 60
> > >quit
> >
> > Using tcpdump on the server I can see the udp traffic flowing to the 
> device
> >
> > Any input from anyone more than welcome.
> >
> > Max.
> >
>


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