Re: Booting from network
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, C. Falconer wrote: Sorry - missed the original on this... Do you have a rarpd server on the network? Later kernel 2.3 and all 2.4 does not support rarp any more (I have the same problem, and rarpd the new daemon for rarp won't compile for me) See, I knew I was overlooking something! I loaded the kernel module for rarp support, and added entries into the rarp tables for the client machine, but neglected to start a listener -- rarpd! Unfortunately, I had the same experience you did, there is no rarpd in my distribution. I was able to download the source for rarpd from dimensia.org (found it on freshmeat). Although it was somewhat of a PITA, I did get it to compile. I still am having the same errors though... At 08:46 AM 6/28/00 +1000, you wrote: Jim == Jim Koontz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim When I boot the sparc machine, it displays this message: Jim Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet Jim Jim Obviously, the server is not seeing the sparc client's Jim request, but I don't know what else to check. Does anyone Jim have any suggestions? Brian May wrote: Are you sure the server is not seeing the request? Or perhaps, the sparc client cannot see the reply? Yes, I am sure because I can see the activity on the hub -- the client is sending, but the server never responds. Also, no connection is recorded in the logs. Use tcpdump on the server to find out if the server is responding or not. I'll give this a try, maybe I can get more debugging data... Thanks guys! Jim Koontz
Re: Booting from network
Sorry - missed the original on this... Do you have a rarpd server on the network? Later kernel 2.3 and all 2.4 does not support rarp any more (I have the same problem, and rarpd the new daemon for rarp won't compile for me) At 08:46 AM 6/28/00 +1000, you wrote: Jim == Jim Koontz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim When I boot the sparc machine, it displays this message: Jim Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet Jim Jim Obviously, the server is not seeing the sparc client's Jim request, but I don't know what else to check. Does anyone Jim have any suggestions? Are you sure the server is not seeing the request? Or perhaps, the sparc client cannot see the reply? Use tcpdump on the server to find out if the server is responding or not. -- Brian May [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Booting from network
I have an old Sparcstation LX that I'd like to install Debian on. It has no CD-ROM, or floppy drive. The network card does have a boot PROM, however, I cannot get the sparc to boot over the network. I have downloaded the boot image, and the Debian base install to my server (6.0 Red Hat). I've exported the directory containing the base files through NFS. I have loaded theRARP kernel module, and provided entries for the sparc in the ARP, andRARP tables. I have an empty hosts.deny file, and my hosts.allow file contains ALL:ALL I have enabled bootp, and tftp in /etc/inet.conf When I boot the sparc machine, it displays this message: "Timeoutwaiting for ARP/RARP packet" Obviously, the server is not seeing the sparc client's request, but I don't know what else to check. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any assistance would be much appreciated! Jim Koontz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting from network
Jim == Jim Koontz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim When I boot the sparc machine, it displays this message: Jim Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet Jim Jim Obviously, the server is not seeing the sparc client's Jim request, but I don't know what else to check. Does anyone Jim have any suggestions? Are you sure the server is not seeing the request? Or perhaps, the sparc client cannot see the reply? Use tcpdump on the server to find out if the server is responding or not. -- Brian May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
