On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:26:58 -0500
"Cyrus Elder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the help. I'm back in buisness.
>
> I have another question though does anyone have any experience using systems like
>and IPAQ or a 3-com 3c905c with PXE. If I boot from the ether disk they work great.
>But when I try to boot from the NIC, I get an IP addy just fine but then when it hits
>the tftp PXE comes back and says to many packages and it halts. If you could point me
>in the direction of doc's or make a few suggestions I would appreciate it.
In order to boot with PXE, you'll need to be using DHCP version 3, which you
can download and install from www.isc.org.
Here's my sample dhcpd.conf file from home, with one of the entries set
up for PXE booting (from an IBM 100 meg card).
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#
# dhcpd.conf for ISC DHCPD 3.0
#
option domain-name "alburg.net";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.254;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option routers 192.168.1.254;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option log-servers 192.168.1.10;
default-lease-time 172800;
max-lease-time 172800;
ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
use-host-decl-names on;
send dhcp-max-message-size 1024;
option root-path "192.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/i386";
#
# These are the dhcpd boot menu definitions.
#
option bootmenu-magic-numbers code 128 = string;
option option-129 code 129 = string;
option bootmenu-timeout-default code 160 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt0 code 184 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt1 code 185 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt2 code 186 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt3 code 187 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt4 code 188 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt5 code 189 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt6 code 190 = string;
option bootmenu-prompt7 code 191 = string;
option bootmenu-menu0 code 192 = string;
option bootmenu-menu1 code 193 = string;
option bootmenu-menu2 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu3 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu4 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu5 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu6 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu7 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu8 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu9 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu10 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu11 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu12 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu13 code 194 = string;
option bootmenu-menu14 code 194 = string;
#
# Definition of PXE-specific options
#
option vendor-encapsulated-options 01:04:00:00:00:00:ff;
option space PXE;
option PXE.mtftp-ip code 1 = ip-address;
option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16;
option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8;
option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8;
#
# Host motoko on 192.168.1.0 subnet
#
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
host motoko {
hardware ethernet 00:80:C8:59:4A:E7;
fixed-address 192.168.1.2;
}
host brian {
hardware ethernet 00:D0:09:24:5E:A7;
fixed-address 192.168.1.3;
filename "/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.all";
}
host test {
hardware ethernet 00:30:84:0B:F0:21;
fixed-address 192.168.1.4;
}
}
#
# LTSP subnet
#
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
host ws001 {
hardware ethernet 00:00:B4:A7:69:14;
fixed-address 192.168.0.1;
option bootmenu-magic-numbers e4:45:74:68:00:00;
#option option-129 "NIC=8139too";
filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp-5";
option bootmenu-timeout-default 05:00;
option bootmenu-prompt0 "--------------------------------------";
option bootmenu-prompt1 "| DHCP Boot menu |";
option bootmenu-prompt2 "+------------------------------------+";
option bootmenu-prompt3 "| Please select the boot method |";
option bootmenu-prompt4 "| from the menu below. |";
option bootmenu-prompt5 "--------------------------------------";
option bootmenu-menu0 "LTSP:::/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.ltsp:::";
option bootmenu-menu1 "DOS:::/tftpboot/fdos.nb:::";
}
host ws002 {
hardware ethernet 00:A0:D2:1C:9E:67;
fixed-address 192.168.0.2;
filename "/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.rtl8139";
}
host ws003 {
hardware ethernet 00:90:27:54:84:39;
fixed-address 192.168.0.3;
filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";
class "pxeclients" {
match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
option PXE.mtftp-ip 192.168.0.254;
vendor-option-space PXE;
}
}
host ws004 {
hardware ethernet 00:60:97:57:E3:61;
fixed-address 192.168.0.4;
option bootmenu-magic-numbers e4:45:74:68:00:00;
option option-129 "NIC=3c509";
filename "/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.ltsp";
}
host ws005 {
hardware ethernet 00:A0:D2:1C:69:3D;
fixed-address 192.168.0.5;
option bootmenu-magic-numbers e4:45:74:68:00:00;
option option-129 "NIC=8139too";
filename "/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.ltsp";
}
}
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Scott
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