Subject: Re: booting a diskless 4/110...
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Greg Earle <earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/25/1996 10:45:03
Kerry Gray writes:
> 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.

I was going to mention this.  Always remember to do a

	cd /tftpboot
	ln -s . tftpboot

to avoid these kinds of subtle problems with TFTP booting.

	- Greg