[GLLUG] PXE Install

[Steve Nelson]

On 5/10/05, Adam Bower <adam at thebowery.co.uk> wrote:

> /usr/sbin/in.tftpd points to atftpd, from inetd.conf:
> 
> #:BOOT: Tftp service is provided primarily for booting.  Most sites
> # run this only on machines acting as "boot servers."
> tftp            dgram   udp     wait    nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/in.tftpd --tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5
> --mcast-port 1758 --mcast-addr 239.239.239.0-255 --mcast-ttl 1
> --maxthread 100 --verbose=5  /tftpboot

Ok - that's the default debian entry - I have exactly the same.
 
My dhcpd.conf now is as follows:

group {
        next-server 192.168.1.5;
        host tftpclient {
                hardware ethernet 00:08:C7:F7:68:81;
                #hardware ethernet 00:08:C7:9A:8D:FE;
                filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";
        }

And on 192.168.1.5 (which is running aftpd):

May 10 18:36:49 najdorf atftpd[27061]: Serving /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to
192.168.1.21:2074
May 10 18:36:53 najdorf atftpd[27060]: timeout: retrying...
May 10 18:36:54 najdorf atftpd[27061]: timeout: retrying...
May 10 18:36:58 najdorf atftpd[27060]: timeout: retrying...
May 10 18:36:59 najdorf atftpd[27061]: timeout: retrying...

about 5 times, with different PIDs - representing many attempts.

> If that fails to work for you take a good look at the logs, they are
> what helped me work out all the initial problems I had.

I think I'm going to do a tcpdump in a sec, and see if that throws any
light on things.
 
> Adam

S.
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