Re: bootpd doesn't reply to calls :(

["Thomas M." <oz2afo@image.dk>]

On Thu, 27 May 1999, Thomas Drechsler wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> bootpd doesn't reply to the calls of my (first) diskless PC :(
> I'm running SuSE Linux 6.1.
> 
> tcpdump is reporting the incoming requests for bootps but this damm thing
> doesn't reply to them :(

 Try running bootpd with -d9 as an option (debug level 9), from the shell,
this has helped me alot, when I had problems with my setup. Remember to
remove the entry in your inetd.conf file first, and restart your inetd
daemon before you start bootpd by hand.

Thomas Mørch
licensed ham, with callsign OZ2AFO. License category: CEPT-1

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