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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:47:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Sato & Associates, Inc" <satomaui@maui.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using FreeBSD as BOOTP Server
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906211146240.36767-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01bebc0d$cf988ab0$2a1951c0@maui2>

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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Sato & Associates, Inc wrote:

> I running Freebsd 3.2 Stable as a print server and need to configure
> BOOTP to serve 2 HP JetDirect printer cards. I've read the Handbook on
> diskless booting FreeBSD over the network.  Can FreeBSD be used as a
> server for HP JetDirect cards? And if so, what do I need to do on my
> FreeBSD printer sever?

Sure.  Simply set up bootpd. 'man bootpd' and 'man bootptab' should get
you started.

> So far I have included BOOTP option in my kernel and recompiled.  I
> now get a BOOTP timeout for server on my NIC???? I have uncommented
> the tftp and bootps lines in the inetd.conf file, made a bootptab for
> my JetDirect card.

You don't need (or want) the BOOTP kernel option.  That's for the system
to act as a bootp *client*.

Newer JetDirect firmware will DHCP too.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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