Bill, Thanks very very much :-)
All it needed was the next-server option, then it booted up perfectly - im now sending this via. my new OpenBSD 4.2 net4801 router/firewall. I guess something must have changed on either the OpenBSD or FreeBSD side, I think FreeBSD switched to isc-dhcpd-3 and im not sure whether the dhcpd of pxeboot in OpenBSD has changed, but I know that I didnt used to have to use next-server to get it to work. Thanks again. Im overjoyed :-) On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Bill Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > [apologies for off-list reply, Reply To All is only a Shift away here] > > > On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 10:51 +0000, Adam Retter wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Bill Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Adam, > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 23:08 +0000, Adam Retter wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 C4 2C 6C > > > > CLIENT IP: 172.16.16.252 MASK: 255.255.255.240 DHCP IP: > 172.16.16.245 > > > > GATEWAY IP: 172.16.16.254 > > > > > > 172.16.16.245 > > > 172.16.16.254 > > > > No this is correct, my router (imaginary, as it will be my net4801 > > eventually) is on 172.16.16.254 and the FreeBSD machine issuing the > > DHCP lease is on 172.16.16.245 > > > > > > > Maybe the first IP is what you meant, but it might as well indicate a > > > typo in the "next-server" field in dhcpd.conf(!). > > > > not sure i have a next-server field in my dhcpd.conf, I am at work at > > the moment and will check this when I get home... > > > > > > > > > probing: pc0 com0 com1 pci pxe![2.1] mem[639K 127M a20=on] > > > > disk: hd0+ > > > > net: mac 00:00:24:c4:2c:6c, ip 172.16.16.252, server 0.0.0.0 > > > > > > I would expect a local IP here for "server". This would match > > > "next-server" in dhcpd.conf on OpenBSD. Apparantly downloading the boot > > > loader succeeds (as if "next-server" doesn't apply yet), but the boot > > > loader apparently fails to get the TFTP server's correct address. > > > > Ah so next-server could definitely be the culprit if I am missing it, > > will take a look tonight. Thanks very much for your help so far :-) > > > > > No, I was being overly imaginative and suspicious about default program > behaviour. The two IPs just looked suspiciously similar to me. The > messages for trivial errors are in fact quite clear (just generated a > few): > > Wrong next-server (PXE ROM): > PXE-E11: ARP timeout PXE-E11: ARP timeout > PXE-E38: TFTP cannot open connection > PXE-M0F: Exiting BootManage PXE ROM. > > Unreadable bsd.rd (pxeboot): > booting tftp:/bsd.rd: open tftp:/bsd.rd: Operation not permitted > failed(1). will try /bsd > > boot> > booting tftp:/bsd: open tftp:/bsd: No such file or directory > failed(2). will try /bsd > Turning timeout off. > > > Without a next-server the DHCP IP will be used as it should, but in my > output I do see it after the "server" keyword, and not 0.0.0.0 (which > might indicate ARP trouble, and many error code 60 reports are about > ARP). > > But the ARP/next-server theory doesn't hold as well, since pxeboot can > (a) determine bsd.rd's size, and (b) determine that bsd isn't there. > > It doesn't look like there is a trivial answer here. > > Bill > > > > > > I'm not sure about this, I didn't write dhcpd or pxeboot;), but it looks > > > to me as if that's what's to be happening here. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > >> OpenBSD/i386 PXEBOOT 2.02 > > > > booting tftp:bsd.rd: | > > > > booting tftp:bsd.rd: 4733076read text: Unknown error: code 60 > > > > failed(60). will try /bsd > > > > boot> > > > > booting tftp:/bsd: open tftp:/bsd: No such file or directory > > > > failed(2). will try /bsd > > > > Turning timeout off. > > > > boot> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > > > -- > > > "What's a computer?" - MES > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "What's a computer?" - MES > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- Adam Retter Software Pimp Extraordinaire _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
