[Soekris] Installing Debian on the Net 5501

[Robin Kipp]

Hi Peter,
Thanks for your info. The problem is I don't have Linux running, just
Windows :-(
So I'm using TFTP32 which also offers a DHCP server, but not many
configuration options. For example, I can't specify the boot file...
Robin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: soekris-tech-bounces at lists.soekris.com 
> [mailto:soekris-tech-bounces at lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of 
> Peter J. Holzer
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:31 PM
> To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: Re: [Soekris] Installing Debian on the Net 5501
> 
> 
> On 2008-10-15 12:19:25 +0200, Robin Kipp wrote:
> > OK, this is really strange: I tried PXE booting again today and am 
> > getting results completely different from what I got 
> yesterday. I now 
> > connected the eth cable to the first eth port to the left of the 
> > serial interface, here's what I got:
> > 
> [...]
> > 
> > PXE-E53: No boot filename received
> > 
> > 
> [...]
> > 
> > So, opviously the problem i s that it doesn't know which 
> file to boot, 
> > this should be pxelinux.0. This file is in the folder I 
> specified as 
> > the "base directory" in TFTP for Windows, but I can't find 
> an option 
> > that lets me specify a boot file...
> 
> You have to set this on the DHCP server. I don't know which 
> dhcp server you use, but with ISC dhcpd the option you write 
> something like
> 
>     filename "pxelinux.0";
> 
> into the config file. (You also need 'next-server 
> ip.ad.dre.ss' to tell the client where the tftp server is, I 
> guess you already have that)
> 
> 	hp
> 
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