Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:42:54 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: diskless boot failures with PXE 2.0 boot, diskless X11 Termi Message-ID: <XFMail.001031124254.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010312017210.1090-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>
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On 31-Oct-00 O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello. > > I do some tests on a diskless machine and I get no success on it. > I have to install a bunch of diskless X11 terminals (custom made) > based on standard hardware. As NIC we have Intel EtherExpress > PRO 10/100+ adaptors (fxp). They have all the same freshly updated > PXE boot PROM (flash) version 4.0.12 from Intel (PXE-standard 2.0). > > I already set up bootp and tftp (as I did this three years ago using > netboot image to boot several PCs into a diskless workstation, that worked > well!). > > I use now this NIC without success using bootpd and tftpd on a FreeBSD > box, but with success with ISC DHCPD. Why? Is PXE explicitely using > some advantages of DHCP or is there a configuration trick in bootptab? > I want to use bootp and tftp because it's standard in FreeBSD. PXE uses DHCP, so you will have to use the DHCP server. > Thanks for helping ... > Oliver > - > MfG > O. Hartmann > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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