Re: bootpd doesn't reply to calls :(

[Pierre MONDIE <pm@univ-evry.fr>]

	You can also read the excellent NCD-Xterm Howto : a typical bootp/tftp
config is described for a similar purpose -remote booting bundled Xterms
such as NCDs.

http://www.linux-howto.com/ptHOWTO/mini/NCD-X-Terminal
http://www.linux-howto.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/NCD-X-Terminal-4.html#ss4.1

However, reading it, I realise there is typo in the sample bootptab file : 

        gw=10.0.0.1:\ //this is wrong in the sample file
        gw=10.0.0.1:  //this is right 

at 06:57 27/05/99 +0200, August Hörandl wrote :
>Thomas Drechsler wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>
>my line reads
>bootps  dgram  udp  wait  root /usr/sbin/bootpd  bootpd -c /tftpboot 
>                                                 ^^^^^^
>did you miss the second bootpd ?
>
>> ...
>> /etc/bootptab contains the following entrys:
>> ----
>> global.prof:\
>
>shouldnt templates start with a . (dot)
>
>.global
>
>and as the template name is kind of hostname it shouldnt contain a second
>dot ?
>
>>         :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
>
>if you dont need it - you dont have to specify it
>
>Gustl
>
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