Re: Etherboot tftp server 0.0.0.0

[Bob Edwards <Robert.Edwards@anu.edu.au>]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
> 
> I think I am missing a DHCP option somewhere.
> 
> My etherboot client says "Me: 192.168.245.16  Server: 0.0.0.0  Gateway:
> 192.168.245.1"
> 
> and then tries to load the tftp file from 0.0.0.0 instead of from the
> dhcp/tftp server.
> 
> Anyone see this error before?
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You need the "next-server" parameter set in DHCP (assuming you are using
the ISC DHCP daemon). The "next-server" tells the client which server to go
to next for the TFTP (or PXE) etc. You need this even if the TFTP server is
the same box as the DHCP server.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.
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