Hi Adam, >From http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/06/05/FreeBSD_Basics.html:
"You'll note that FreeBSD supports both IPv4 and IPv6, so its inetd is capable of listening for both types of requests. Also note that TFTP uses UDP as its transport. This means it is not as reliable as FTP (which uses TCP). It also means that TFTP supports broadcasts, meaning you don't have to configure the TFTP client with the IP address of a particular TFTP server." >From http://www.javvin.com/protocolTFTP.html: "Each data packet contains one block of data, and must be acknowledged by an acknowledgment packet before the next packet can be sent. A data packet of less than 512 bytes signals termination of a transfer. If a packet gets lost in the network, the intended recipient will timeout [...]" Together with "server 0.0.0.0" this might hold a clue. Looks like requests are getting through, but ACKs aren't. Were there changes on the FreeBSD (or OpenBSD) front since you last succesfully did this? Bill On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 10:51 +0000, Adam Retter wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Bill Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > > > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 23:08 +0000, Adam Retter wrote: > > [...] > > > > > > > > CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C4 2C 6C > > > CLIENT IP: 172.16.16.252 MASK: 255.255.255.240 DHCP IP: 172.16.16.245 > > > GATEWAY IP: 172.16.16.254 > > > > 172.16.16.245 > > 172.16.16.254 > > No this is correct, my router (imaginary, as it will be my net4801 > eventually) is on 172.16.16.254 and the FreeBSD machine issuing the > DHCP lease is on 172.16.16.245 > > > > Maybe the first IP is what you meant, but it might as well indicate a > > typo in the "next-server" field in dhcpd.conf(!). > > not sure i have a next-server field in my dhcpd.conf, I am at work at > the moment and will check this when I get home... > > > > > > probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci pxe![2.1] mem[639K 127M a20=on] > > > disk: hd0+ > > > net: mac 00:00:24:c4:2c:6c, ip 172.16.16.252, server 0.0.0.0 > > I would expect a local IP here for "server". This would match > > "next-server" in dhcpd.conf on OpenBSD. Apparantly downloading the boot > > loader succeeds (as if "next-server" doesn't apply yet), but the boot > > loader apparently fails to get the TFTP server's correct address. > > Ah so next-server could definitely be the culprit if I am missing it, > will take a look tonight. Thanks very much for your help so far :-) > > > I'm not sure about this, I didn't write dhcpd or pxeboot;), but it looks > > to me as if that's what's to be happening here. > > > > Bill > > > > > > > >> OpenBSD/i386 PXEBOOT 2.02 > > > booting tftp:bsd.rd: | > > > booting tftp:bsd.rd: 4733076read text: Unknown error: code 60 > > > failed(60). will try /bsd > > > boot> > > > booting tftp:/bsd: open tftp:/bsd: No such file or directory > > > failed(2). will try /bsd > > > Turning timeout off. > > > boot> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > -- > > "What's a computer?" - MES > > > > > > > -- "What's a computer?" - MES _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech