[Soekris] cannot install debian on net5501

[Bill Maas]

Hi Philippe,

from support.microsoft.com (uhuh):

"If the client cannot connect, you may receive an error message similar
to: 
PXE-T01: File not found
PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File not Found"

Note _connect_: the error message is deceptive, at least in this case
(it might also occur if the file really isn't there or isn't readable I
I guess - I'm not sure if it would be exactly the same then).

Since this can't be a cable issue (got an IP address) it's probably a
firewall issue. Other sources of trouble are:
- hosts.allow
- hosts.allow + inetd/tcpd (if I recall well tcpd only reads the old
  hosts.allow(5) version, not the hosts_options(5) variant - always good
  for a few hours of frustration)
- file permissions and ownership in [/var/lib]/tftpboot
- with tftpd -s : pxelinux.0 is a symbolic link pointing outside the
  TFTP boot environment. That's a very silly one, but it has happened to
  me..
 
That's quite a lot to take care of at the same time, especially if the
system is already configured for other roles (which might require TCP
wrappers for example).

Fix (hopefully):
Try again with tftpd as standalone daemon and hosts.allow/deny and
firewall disabled - if that's legally possible - and if it works
gradually throw the various security features back in again. Otherwise
check file permissions etc.

Bill

On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 13:56 +0400, philippe monroux wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've followed :
> http://wiki.soekris.info/Installing_Debian_Linux_(4.0r1_Etch)
> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/478
> but I get:
> 
> ======================================================================
> comBIOS ver. 1.33  20070103  Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris Engineering.
> 
> net5501
> 
> 0512 Mbyte Memory                        CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz 
> 
> Pri Mas  CF 128MB                        LBA 490-16-32  125 Mbyte
> 
> Slot   Vend Dev  ClassRev Cmd  Stat CL LT HT  Base1    Base2   Int 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10
> 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11
> 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05
> 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09
> 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12
> 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 
> 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 
> 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15
> 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15
> 
>  5 Seconds to automatic boot.   Press Ctrl-P for entering Monitor.
> 
> comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.
> 
> > boot f0
> 
> Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082)
> Copyright (C) 1997,1998,1999  Intel Corporation
> VIA Rhine III Management Adapter v2.43 (2005/12/15)
> 
> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 00 24 CB 54 20  
> CLIENT IP: 10.0.0.4  MASK: 255.255.255.0  DHCP IP: 10.0.0.1                    
> GATEWAY IP: 10.0.0.138 
> TFTP.                                                                          
> PXE-T01: File not found
> PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File Not found                                           
> 
> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
> 
> No Boot device available, enter monitor.
> 
> 
> comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.
> 
> > 
> ======================================================================
> 
> 
> I've gooooooooogled but nothing.
> 
> A lot of thanks