Re: bootp not working

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Petr's mailing list wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> I got indigo2 and I would like to install debian-mips on it. I have to
> say I am totaly new with debian-mips, but not with linux. I tried to
> install indigo2
> (http://www.linux-debian.de/howto/debian-mips-woody-install.html). I set
> dhcpd.conf, set inetd.conf, put tftpboot.img from debian-mips CD in
> /tftpboot dir on server. I even set IP address in command menu of
> indigo. I tried to do boot and bootp with echos like this:
> 
> command:
> >>boot -f bootp()/tftpboot/tftpboot.img
> echo:
> >>No server for /tftpboot/tftpboot.img

It depends on your actual setup for tftp, if the dhcp specifies
the filename, a simple

bootp():

is enough. Otherwise you have to specify the filename relative to
the tftpd working directory, which results probably in something
like

bootp(): tftpboot.img

[snip]
> In time of boot or bootp I cloud see with tcpdump on server 4 broadcasts
> (maybe to get tftpboot.img) from indigo to server.

It usually is:
  -> ARP request
  <- ARP reply
  -> bootp request
  <- bootp reply
  -> 1. tftp request
  <- 1. tftp reply
  ...

I guess it fail for you with a "tftp file not found" error.

> I could see MAC
> address of indigo, but I could not ping on indigos IP from server. I was
> really confused, how I can see MAC address and cannot ping on IP of
> indigo,

Ping (ICMP echo) is a service provided by the OS, the I2 firmware
doesn't support it.


Thiemo