From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 9 07:20:20 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA08962 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 07:20:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.interlog.com (root@smtp.interlog.com [198.53.145.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id HAA08949 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 07:20:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from gold.interlog.com (batsy@gold.interlog.com [198.53.145.2]) by smtp.interlog.com (8.8.3/8.7.6) with ESMTP id KAA17011; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:19:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (batsy@localhost) by gold.interlog.com (8.8.3/8.6.10) with SMTP id KAA29090; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:20:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:20:13 -0500 (EST) From: jamie To: "David W. Rankin Jr." cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RARP and bpf In-Reply-To: <199612091309.IAA02962@leeds.cslab.uky.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have a stock FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE system that I am trying to use to > use as a netboot server. However, every time that I try to get it to > start rarpd, it complains that I don't have bpf configutred. You have to go into /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NAME-OF-YOUR-KERNEL and add the line: pseudo-device bpf > Is this a configuration issue, or is bpf not in the release kernal? > If the latter, could someone point me to where I could get a kernal > with bpf in it? (I unfortunately don't have the space for the sources, > or I'd compile one myself.) I don't mind upgrading if I have to go with > a different version. Hrm, is there anyway you can put the kernel sources on another machine, compile it and then download it and install it? "The beatings will continue until morale improves." Jamie Reid, Jr Sys-admin, batsy@interlog.com x232