bootp server
Okay, I'm trying to set up a bootp server but I can't for the life of me find an example for what I want to do.. The man pages for bootparams shows this: For example: dummy root=host:/export/dummy/root \ swap=host:/export/dummy/swap \ dump=host:/export/dummy/swap But I don't want a whole directory, I just need one file.. I'm trying to follow this: http://www.freevix.org/docs/pxe.html but I can't run a DHCP server because it will conflict with my ISPs DHCP server.. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: bootp server
1) It would conflict, anyway, since they're on the same port, and 2) Are you sure you want to be using bootp and/or dhcp on the same subnet as your ISP? How would your client host even get an IP? It's pretty unlikely -- unless your ISP is pretty generous -- that you've got multiple IPs with which to play... and even then, if you did, you'd most likely be on your own subnet, in which case DHCP/bootp broadcasts won't get past the router, anyway. Check out the DHCP RFC here for more info: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt I did some fooling around and luckally my test box has a second NIC so I just set up the dhcp/bootp server on that and networked the freevix/freevo box that way and it worked fine. BTW, I have as many DCHP addresses from my ISP as I want, and I currently have 6 static IPs from them as well.. MV rocks :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: bootp server
> But I don't want a whole directory, I just need one file.. > > I'm trying to follow this: http://www.freevix.org/docs/pxe.html but I > can't run a DHCP server because it will conflict with my ISPs DHCP > server.. It's been a while since I fooled 'round with bootp, so I -may- be mistaken... but we'll get to that in a minute. 'Less I'm mistaken, DHCP is really just a superset of bootp. So your comment, above, is mistaken, but it's mistaken (unless I'm missing something pretty obvious) on two fronts: 1) It would conflict, anyway, since they're on the same port, and 2) Are you sure you want to be using bootp and/or dhcp on the same subnet as your ISP? How would your client host even get an IP? It's pretty unlikely -- unless your ISP is pretty generous -- that you've got multiple IPs with which to play... and even then, if you did, you'd most likely be on your own subnet, in which case DHCP/bootp broadcasts won't get past the router, anyway. Check out the DHCP RFC here for more info: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
