Subject: Netbooting a Cobalt Qube from a NetBSD box...
To: Port-Cobalt <port-cobalt@netbsd.org>
From: Robert P. Thille <rthille@mac.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 11/27/2002 20:14:02
I've got dhcpd setup and it claims that it's got a boot request from
the Qube I'm trying to netboot:
Nov 27 20:07:09 bluesky dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 00:10:e0:00:d1:f9 via
tlp0
Nov 27 20:07:09 bluesky dhcpd: BOOTREPLY for 10.0.1.8 to
iceqube.thille.org (00:10:e0:00:d1:f9) via tlp0
And I think I've got the dhcpd.conf file setup correctly (it give
address out to all the machines just fine):
# This block should be commented out unless we are trying to netboot
# iceqube to fix something :-(
host iceqube.thille.org {
hardware ethernet 00:10:E0:00:D1:F9;
fixed-address iceqube.thille.org.;
option host-name "iceqube"; # name if dns lookup doesn't
resolve
filename "/netbsd.gz"; # name of the bootloader or
kernel to download
next-server bluesky.thille.org.; # which machine to tftp filename
from
server-name="10.0.1.5";
option root-path "/home/iceqube/root"; #the path on the NFS
server.
}
But it's unclear from the FAQ and the Diskless NetBSD guide whether I
really need the tftp server setup or not? Can I get away with just the
NFS server? Does the ROM in the Cobalt Qube2 understand NFS, or only
TFTP?
I think I'll go ahead and try to setup the TFTPD if I don't hear from
someone soon, but figured asking might save me some time.
Thanks,
Robert