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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!hookup!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!lestat.nas.nasa.gov!thorpej From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: netbooting NetBSD/sun3 Date: 6 Sep 1995 05:12:49 GMT Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 38 Message-ID: <42jakh$i5f@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <42a4be$bg4@isnews.csc.calpoly.edu> <DEF5s7.8KF@midway.uchicago.edu> <42i501$9qg@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <42inpo$e4b@isnews.csc.calpoly.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov In article <42inpo$e4b@isnews.csc.calpoly.edu>, Chris Callanan <ccallana@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu> wrote: >: >/sbin/rarp -s xhost 8:0:20:0:10:67 > >: Seems crufty, but, whatever works, I guess. > > >why crufty??? i have done exactly this, without the -s, rarp works >just fine. Seems unnecessary given that there are daemons (liek rarpd) that handle this for you ... just add the entry to /etc/ethers (like one would under SunOS) and *poof*. >i just cant get tftpd to respond correctly. Hmmm ... Linux tftpd, eh? Well, which Linux tftpd? In any case, note that the Sun 3 proms are looking for a file named like "CCBC9805". That's the IP address in hex. Obtain it by, for example: $ printf "%X%X%X%X\n" 204 188 152 5 There is no prepending `/' ... no pathname ... just the filename. Therefore, your tftpd has to so a chroot() to the tftpboot area, and chroot() needs super-user priveledges. My /etc/inetd.conf entry looks like: tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -s /tftpboot Of course, this is on a NetBSD system. On a Linux system,, your mileage may vary. -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939