tftp kernel retrieval failure

[dann frazier <daniel_frazier@hp.com>]

hey,

  i am trying to set up a system using lui/etherboot.
My client successfully boots from the floppy, loads the nic driver (a
lance card), obtains it's ip via bootp from the server and proceeds to
obtain the kernel image (/tftpboot/vmlinuz which is the tagged kernel
included with the latest lui package).  Due to the location of the
failure i felt my problem was more relevant to this list than the lui
list.

at this point, the client display the following:
-----
Loading /tftpboot/vmlinuz <sleep>
<sleep>
<sleep>
 ...     /* (this may be during a timeout from inetd) */
<sleep>
(NBI)... Unable to load file.
(NBI)... Unable to load file.
(NBI)... Unable to load file.
(NBI)... Unable to load file.
(...)
-----

and the server has this to say (/var/log/messages):
-----
(...)
Jul 21 16:20:07 hazel tftpd[2715]: tftpd: trying to get file:
/tftpboot/vmlinuz 
Jul 21 16:20:08 hazel tftpd[2717]: tftpd: trying to get file:
/tftpboot/vmlinuz 
Jul 21 16:20:09 hazel tftpd[2719]: tftpd: trying to get file:
/tftpboot/vmlinuz 
Jul 21 16:20:10 hazel tftpd[2721]: tftpd: trying to get file:
/tftpboot/vmlinuz 
Jul 21 16:20:11 hazel tftpd[2723]: tftpd: trying to get file:
/tftpboot/vmlinuz 
Jul 21 16:20:12 hazel tftpd[2725]: tftpd: trying to get file:
/tftpboot/vmlinuz 
Jul 21 16:20:13 hazel inetd[1757]: tftp/udp server failing (looping),
service terminated 
-----
vmlinuz is world readable.

if i tftp from a machine on the same subnet to my server, i can (and do)
successfully retrieve this file.  In this case, tftpd will log a "trying
to get file" and a "serving file" message for each transfer.

i'd be happy to give any more information that may help solve this
problem.

extrenuous info:
Redhat 6.2, bootpd-2.4.3-5 (from RH's 5.1 distribution)
latest version of etherboot/lui

tftp line from inetd.conf
-----
tftp    dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.tftpd
/tftpboot
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   dann frazier
Hewlett Packard - USEL
daniel_frazier@hp.com
  (970) 898-0800
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