Linux, PXE and a problem

[Panther505]

hHere is the setup:

Local hub with 3 servers on it (2 W2K and and a RH 7.2) One W2K server is a DHCP server, the RH server is a PXE server and the last W2K server is file server. The hub will support no more then 5 clients at a time (by intent). Purpose of the hub is to allow PXE network boot with a menu to select and run 3 possible boot images. the image is unimportant until later.

Problem:

I have installed the PXE and TFTP server on the Linux box. The DHCP server does pass IPs and I do get the boot menu on the client system. I used the default PXE.conf that installed and I moved the vmlimuz and initrd into the TFTP directory as it suggests to try in the README. (This works in a fashion- allows the image to boot). If I add a boot image that functioned on an Intel PXE server i get tftp errors?

Question-

Has anyone seen got this to function?

If so could you post me on how?

I tried to change the image file name in the PXE.conf to see if I could get it to the other boot images but that did not come close. I would like any help that I can get

 

[Nothinman]

What kind of errors are you getting?

Check the tftp docs, since it's such an insecure protocol there's a number of things that have to have proper permissions and such before the tftpd will hand out or allow puts of files.

 

[Panther505]

The errors are mainly timeout error and then the PXE releases. If I let it use the default linux network install (as suggested by the docs) and the vmlinuz and the initrd will download then the system will hang(that is not a problem as I am going to use DOS images). I looked in the tftp documents and not found anything that will really help (but at that point my problem was getting the PXE to work so now it may be time to change the focus.


Additionally the other problem is where do I change the image info- the pxe.conf doesn't seem to do it and neither does the mtftp.conf.... so any suggestions would be appreciated


BTW Nothingman - appreciate the help I was trolling for you and n0cmonkey to see if you could pick it up...

 

[Nothinman]

Sorry I can't help, I've never worked with PXE. The only network booting I did was with a UltraSparc and it's all in the firmware and 'just works' so long as the rarp and tftp servers work.

 

[Panther505]

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