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