Hi Thomas, > But that's about it... When it comes to booting, the tftp complains >about access rights (error code 2). > The bootptab is setup acording to the doc's that i could find: > >.default:\ > :ds=192.168.0.1:\ > :dn=thor.org:\ > :sm=255.255.255.0:\ > :gw=192.168.0.1:\ > :ht=ethernet:\ > :to=-18000:\ > :hd=/remote:\ > :vm=auto: > >term1.thor.org:ha=0000c01316d0:tc=.default:bf=dos > >and the permisions on both /remote and /remote/dos is world readable, >owned by root user, and the user group. > > Oh yeah. It's an old 286 i'm trying to get to boot a (small) opendos >7.02 image (which should run kermit, and function as a terminal on the >network).... That should be doable. I have booted OpenDOS to run print servers on 286s. Check that tftpd is running and that you have specified /remote as the home directory with -s (the RH version at least). The default is /tftpboot I believe. Normally tftpd is run as an ordinary user and not root so it doesn't do a chroot, but what it does is check the pathname requested against the allowed directories, at the same time screening out things like .. If /remote is not on the list of allowed directories, permission is denied. Please look over the troubleshooting hints in http://www.slug.org.au/etherboot/doc/html/README.html and let me know if I have missed anything. Test out 4.0pre7 too if you can. Ken
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