From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 21 11:47:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07FB314BB8 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:47:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA75627; Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:47:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:47:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Sato & Associates, Inc" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD as BOOTP Server In-Reply-To: <01bebc0d$cf988ab0$2a1951c0@maui2> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message