Hi folks:
I have been using dnsmasq for a few years within a simple network and
some linux clusters. With the inclusion of the DHCP bits, and the bootp
bits, suddenly the idea of replacing that fine bit of work known as the
ISC DHCP server seems possible (and quite likely).
I have managed to serve some pxelinux.0 files quite nicely. What I
want to do is to serve the nbgrub (network boot grub) bits, and have it
read its menu.lst.
To make this happen, I need to set option T150 to (nd)/menu.lst . I
am doing this via
dhcp-option=150,"(nd)/menu.lst"
So after setting this up, nbgrub does boot, but the logs have
Sep 3 07:40:55 autoinst dnsmasq[11915]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) 192.168.32.34
00:11:09:cc:d3:e8
Sep 3 07:40:55 autoinst dnsmasq[11915]: DHCPACK(eth0) 192.168.32.34
00:11:09:cc:d3:e8
Sep 3 11:40:55 autoinst in.tftpd[11946]: RRQ from 192.168.32.34
filename /nbgrub
Sep 3 11:40:55 autoinst in.tftpd[11946]: tftp: client does not accept
options
Sep 3 11:40:55 autoinst in.tftpd[11947]: RRQ from 192.168.32.34
filename /nbgrub
and then nothing (e.g. no menu.lst request), and the grub just hangs
there.
What am I doing wrong? Will dnsmasq work this way or can it serve
only pxelinux like bits?
Here are my relevant dnsmasq.conf options:
domain=boot.scalableinformatics.com
dhcp-range=192.168.32.1,192.168.32.128
dhcp-boot=/nbgrub,autoinst,192.168.32.217
dhcp-option=150,"(nd)/menu.lst"
Thanks!
Joe
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