bootpd doesn't reply to calls :(

["Thomas Drechsler" <Thomas.Drechsler@Pironet.de>]

Hi!

bootpd doesn't reply to the calls of my (first) diskless PC :(
I'm running SuSE Linux 6.1.

tcpdump is reporting the incoming requests for bootps but this damm thing
doesn't reply to them :(

I added this to initd.conf:
----
bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/bootpd /etc/bootptab -c /exports
---
bootpd does exist in /usr/sbin
bootptab does exist in /etc
and /exports is also there.


the entrys in /etc/services where already there:
---
bootps    67/tcp
bootps    67/udp


/etc/bootptab contains the following entrys:
----
global.prof:\
        :sm=255.255.255.0:\
        :ds=192.168.0.1:\   # (Do I _NEED_ a DNS or can I remove this?)
        :gw=192.168.0.1:\ # Same thing as DNS, do I really need it for
bootpd to work?
        :ht=ethernet:\
        :bf=netbootkernel:

crackrack_2:hd=/crackrack/2:tc=global.prof::ha=545205e04493:ip=192.168.0.202

the hardware address was reported from the etherboot boot floppy on the
client.


What is wrong?

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