From: "Saurav Gohain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] TFTP Problem
Saurav; Here's my thoghts on troubleshooting this: 1. Network configuration In a prior message, you wrote: 1.While loading the workstation, it shows the server add as : 169.254.177.197 where as my server add in lts.conf is set as 192.168.0.254 and on issuing 'dhcpd' only i found that it's listening on eth0 . 2.Second , it shows TFTP Error 1 ( File Not found) I guess this is because, it tries to load 169.254.177.197:/lts/vmlinu... If you are still getting this, *something* is responding to its dhcp request incorrectly. It may not be the server you think it is. Are any other servers on your network that may respond to the dhcp request? Where is this address coming from? Perhaps you can fire up ethereal and trace where it is coming from. Another approach is to isolate the LAN between your server and client (use a crossover cable or a hub and two wires). 2. Are you booting it with PXE or Etherboot? Do you have any *working* clients on your network to compare it with? 3. dhcpd server Once your dhcpd server is working correctly, the client will display dhcp request information like this: CLIENT MAC Addr: . . . CLIENT IP: 192.168.0.1 GATEWAY IP: 192.168.0.254 Auto-select: Network boot BOOT SERVER IP: 192.168.0.254 TFTP... If it doesn't display any of this on the client screen, you aren't getting the right info from dhcpd. I would verify basic connectivity first and verify that you are connecting to the right dhcpd server. Note that just because you change some values in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file, you have to restart the dhcpd daemon to make it effective: # /sbin/service dhcpd restart 4. tftp server I noticed an error in your configuration: your dhcpd.conf file specifies the boot image: /tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1 It should be: /lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1 since your tftp config file sets its root directory as "/tftpboot". After the initial dhcp exchange, the boot image is retrieved with tftp. It will say something like: BOOT SERVER IP: 192.168.0.254 This IP address must match your server and the image be available where advertised. I verify that it is available using the "tftp" client: $ tftp 192.168.1.100 tftp> get /lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1 Received 1428636 bytes in 2.6 seconds tftp> If this doesn't work, your basic tftp service is not working. I think this should be enough to get you going. Tom -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas L. Griffing Red Hat Certified Engineer Pondus Solutions, Inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net