Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:24:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tftp - bad checksum error? can't transfer file Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107080621230.30515@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20110707224435.GA27624@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20110707224435.GA27624@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I'm trying to troubleshoot tftpd(8). > > % grep boot /etc/inetd.conf > tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -dd -l -s /tftpboot > tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -dd -l -s /tftpboot > bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/bootpd bootpd -d4 -t0 /etc/bootptab > % > > I'm trying to boot another node via bootp/tftp. > > I'm monitoring what's going on with tcpdump -vv. > > bootpd starts fine, and seems to read /etc/bootptab > correctly. > > But after that nothing happens, and after a few minutes > I get on the console of the host which I want to boot: > >> bootp()/bsd.rd.IP32 > Unable to execute bootp()/bsd.rd.IP32: invalid argument How big is bsd.rd.IP32? Does the BUGS section of tftpd(8) apply? If so, try ftp/tftp-hpa. It's faster, too, AFAIR.
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