On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 02:31:08AM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> OLD-BROADCAST -> BROADCAST    DHCP/BOOTP BOOTREQUEST
> blackhole.arkham.net -> BROADCAST    DHCP/BOOTP BOOTREPLY
> fred.arkham.net -> blackhole.arkham.net TFTP Read "/tftpboot/netbsd" (octet)
> blackhole.arkham.net -> fred.arkham.net ICMP Destination unreachable (UDP port 6
> 9 unreachable)
[snip]
> so why isn't my ds5000 there when the tftp server tries to send the kernel?

dhcp only tells the client who it is and where it can get its kernel --
you need to also set up tftpd on the server so the client can download
its kernel.

check /etc/inetd.conf and make sure tftpd is enabled.  see the inetd(8)
and tftpd(8) man pages.  tftp(1) can also be quite handy.

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com