Re: Problems using VendorTags in /etc/bootptab

[Marty Connor <mdc@thinguin.org>]

On 10/26/2000 8:06 AM James Pearson james-p@moving-picture.com wrote:
>This almost works fine, except that the loaded kernel wants to mount
>"/tftpboot/ip_address_of_diskless_client" as the root partition - i.e.
>it ignores the "rp=" tag in /etc/bootptab (the "rp=" tag works fine when
>not using the Vendortags).

>I'm not using the most up to date versions of etherboot (v4.2) and
>bootpd (v2.4).
>Would more recent versions of either/both these packages fix this
>problem? Or am I missing something?

Definitely try a current version of Etherboot (now located at 

    http://etherboot.sourceforge.net

There have been a lot of updates.  The current released version is 4.6.10.

I seem to recall fixes to root-path.  Check the notes in the doc/main/LOG 
file of the Etherboot tarball for details:

   + Klaus Espenlaub fixed the root path handling in main.c, it wasn't
   requesting option 17 in DHCP. Also removed one prototype warning in
   tftp().

I think the comment was added around 4.6.1 or so.

Also, you may want to subscribe to etherboot-users@lists.sourceforge.net.
Here's a link:

   http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4233

Hope this helps,

Marty

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