Thomas M. writes:
> Hi all
>
> I have just been playing around with the etherboot package (also
> looked at netboot, but it's rom footprint is too large). And now
> i can get the thing to get it's ip address from bootp on my linux
> server.
> But that's about it... When it comes to booting, the tftp complains
> about access rights (error code 2).
> The bootptab is setup acording to the doc's that i could find:
>
> .default:\
> :ds=192.168.0.1:\
> :dn=thor.org:\
> :sm=255.255.255.0:\
> :gw=192.168.0.1:\
> :ht=ethernet:\
> :to=-18000:\
> :hd=/remote:\
> :vm=auto:
>
> term1.thor.org:ha=0000c01316d0:tc=.default:bf=dos
^^^^^^
Either try changing the bootfile to /remote/dos or tell your TFTP
daemon to chroot() into the /remote directory before serving the
file. The latter is actually preferable, since it prevents nasty
security problems.
Markus
P.S.: There are userlevel tftp clients; so you do not need to reboot
each time you want to check whether your configuration works.
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