Re: bootp problems (fwd)

[Elisheva Alexander <eli7@cs.huji.ac.il>]

bootp is limited to 64 octets. i /think/ you passed that amount. however
you can use an "extended file" with some of your options,
(:ef="path")
that file will be trasferred via tftp, and that way options wont be
truncated.
(man bootpef)
if you want an example of how our extended file works, i'll mail it.

Elisheva Alexander
CS System Group
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Thomas M. wrote:

> Hi, this has been posted to linux-newbie (by me). But i thought that i may
> have a go here, to see if there was any solutions on this list...
> 
> - Thomas
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:41:43 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: "Thomas M." <oz2afo@image.dk>
> To: linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: bootp problems
> 
> Hi...
> 
> For some time i have had a small problem with the bootp service on my
> server. i just discovered an error in the messages file about 'no room for
> dn tag' or something like that.
> 
> The bootptab looks like this (one entry), it's used to suply ipadresses to
> my win95/diskless linux machine, and a old 286 serving as a 'dumb' terminal
> (this one is for the terminal) :
> 
> -------
> .nomenu:\
> :ds=192.168.0.1:\
> :dn=thor.org:\
> :sm=255.255.255.0:\
> :gw=192.168.0.1:\
> :ht=ethernet:\
> :to=-18000:\
> :hd=/tftpboot:\
> :vm=auto:
> 
> term1.thor.org:ha=0080adb38a81:tc=.nomenu:bf=dos-stable:
> -------
> 
> The bootp daemon is the one installed by rh 4.2. Ifi remember right, i
> had this working a couple of months ago, but after i made an reinstall
> (new harddrive) i can't get it to work properly...
> 
> Also, is it possible to make 'publicly' available ipadresses, whithout
> having to supply the mac address in the bootptab file????
> 
> Thomas M&resh;rch
> 
> 
> 

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