cjjoy1980 wrote: > I have enabled nfs booting on ppc based embedded board. I had placed my > kernel and rootfs in tftp directory, and had set the u-boot enivironment > varialbes as: > setenv bootfile /image/kernel > setenv root_path /tftpboot/image > > The board was booting with this configuration... > > Now I have placed the kernel image and rootfs in /exports directory and have > set the uboot variables as: > setenv bootfile /exports/image/kernel > setenv root_path /exports/image > > I am not able to boot the board with the above directory. I am getting the > error > > Loading: T > TFTP error: 'File not found' (1) > Starting again. > > TFTP by default looks for /tftpboot directory.. How can we make the server > to fetch files apart from the default one??
You cannot make the TFTP server fetch files apart from the default one. Furthermore, you don't want to. TFTP inherently has *NO* concept of security: no authentication - *anybody* can read *any* file in the TFTP directory and potentially can write any file they want into the TFTP directory. As a result, TFTP servers are (and should be) severely restrictive of what directories they serve files out of and are willing to store files into (if configured to allow writing - generally a bad idea). You can configure your TFTP server to serve the same directory as you export via NFS and your TFTP load will start working again. ****THIS IS A VERY, VERY BAD IDEA!**** As pointed out by Ben, you can symlink your image file so that it appears in your TFTP directory again - this is the best solution if you *must* move your image into the NFS directory. You need to decide if you have a good reason to move your image *out* of your TFTP directory. Best regards, gvb ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
