I'm living with a similar problem since a recent upgrade of my RH7.3 system, which I think is due to a security upgrade of xinetd. Basically a client gets one successful boot, then can't boot again until I restart xinetd (xinetd 2.3.9-0.73).
John On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:50:39 -0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tom, > > I did try and sort things out with your help below but things only > started working when I removed the version of tftp-server from my RH8 > installation(0.29) and replaced it with the version that came on the > RH7.3 CD (0.28). I only thought to do this when I reinstalled 7.3 from > scratch onto a new system and your walk-through worked perfectly. I'm > not sure why 0.29 (from the CD and downloaded fresh from the RH ftp > site) didn't work on the first 2 boxes but hey - LTSP all works fine > now! > > Thanks very much for your help > > James > > > > > James; > > > > Easy solution. The "tftp" service is controlled by the > > xinetd daemon, which is controlled with the "chkconfig" > > command. Here's how I did it on my new rh8 machine: > > > > [root@Presario tom]# rpm -ivh tftp* > > Preparing... > > ########################################### [100%] > > 1:tftp-server > > ########################################### [ 50%] > > 2:tftp > > ########################################### [100%] > > [root@Presario tom]# chkconfig --list tftp > > tftp off > > [root@Presario tom]# chkconfig --level 345 tftp on > > [root@Presario tom]# cp /etc/hosts /tftpboot/. > > [root@Presario tom]# chkconfig --list tftp > > tftp on > > [root@Presario tom]# cp /etc/hosts /tftpboot/. > > > > Note that the default root directory on the server > > for tftp is /tftpboot - that's why I put the test > > file in /tftpboot. > > > > Then, I tested it from another machine like so: > > > > [tom@viper tom]$ tftp presario > > tftp> get hosts > > Received 836 bytes in 0.0 seconds > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Tom > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:50:40 -0000 > > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] tftp and RedHat 8 > > > > > > I'm having a bit of trouble with tftp. > > > > > > The setup of LTSP has been great so far - installed the > > rpm's, got dhcpd > > > handing out a specific address based on the NIC mac address but > > > the\var\log\secure log has no reference to tftp. > > > > > > tftp is under xinetd.d, I've changed the file to not be > > disabled, I'm not > > > running any firewall as this is a development platform. > > > > > > The first machine I tried had 'everything' installed from > > RH8 CD's (but now > > > ipchains and iptables are both switched off) and the second > > I have installed > > > the tftp server and client rpm's from the redhat ftp site. > > No matter what I > > > do I can't seem to get tftp to listen. All I get from the client > > > is'192.168.0.254:/lts/vmlinuz...(etc)' and instead of a > > rotating cursor I just > > > get ............... > > > > > > I get nothing form 'netstat -l' and nothing on 'nmap -sU > > localhost'. I > > > really want LTSP to work but I seem to be stuck. A friend I > > know has helped > > > me troubleshoot this far and now I've hit another brick > > wall. Any help or > > > the next step to check would be much appreciated. > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Thomas L. Griffing Red Hat Certified Engineer > > Pondus Solutions, Inc. mailto:RHCE@;swbell.net > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm > Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
