tftp

[Chuck Mead]

Couanette,
          good work. now if we couls figure out how to do an installation
across the network! :-)

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Couannette wrote:

> Hi,
>
> for everyone that want to boot from network ....
>
> I wanted to boot my 'gimli' EPIA-machine that uses the PXE protocol
> (network boot) and I set up DHCPd. Beware: dhcpd.conf is painfull !!!
>
> I installed and setup netkit-tftp: it is not recommended because PXE and
> this TFTP can't agree on file size... The prefered server is tftp-hpa
> from kernel.org.
>
> Then I make a module for my Lunar for the tftp-hpa package (module
> attached). This server works perfectly with PXE.
>
> Be sure to launch in.tftpd with 'chroot' option (-s) and some root
> access for testing:
>
> in.tftpd -l -s -u root /tftpboot -p -v -v -v
>
> and in xinetd.d/tftp:
>
> service tftp
> {
>         socket_type             = dgram
>         protocol                = udp
>         wait                    = yes
>         user                    = root
>         server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
>         server_args             = -l -s -u tftp /var/tftpboot -v -v -v
>         log_type                = FILE /var/log/xinetd/tftp
>         log_on_success          = PID HOST USERID EXIT DURATION
>         log_on_failure          = USERID ATTEMPT
>         nice                    = 10
>         disable                 = no
>         only_from               = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/24
> }
>
> That's it.
>
> I put a kernel in my /var/tftpboot and pxelinux.0 and my little
> workstation booted :-D !
>
> Anyone interested ? Any improvement  ?
>
> Couannette
>
>
>
>

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csm
Lunar Project Lead