RE: [Etherboot-users] Does Etherboot support RIS via. PXE?

[Timothy L. <tim...@al...>]

Hi

It seems to me that there was an issue with Windows DHCP/RIS.  If I
recall correctly, there may have been two places (options) to define the
boot file.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: eth...@li...=20
> [mailto:eth...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of Adam Retter
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:42 AM
> To: Tim Fletcher
> Cc: eth...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Etherboot-users] Does Etherboot support RIS via. PXE?
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> Thanks, Tim - yes I would be very interested. At the moment I=20
> am using the standard Windows DHCP server that is part of our=20
> Active Directory...
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> I could set up a local linux dhcp though that just responds=20
> to the MAC of the machine I am trying to get Windows installed on...
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> Would love to see your config for DHCPD...
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> cheers Adam.
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> On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 19:54 +0000, Tim Fletcher wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 13:03 +0000, Adam Retter wrote:
> > > I am slightly confused as to whether Etherboot supports=20
> RIS or not=20
> > > and I have read conflicting accounts on different webpages.
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> > > I have tried many different ROM compilation settings for making=20
> > > bootable ISO's. Boot with no sucess so far, I understand that it=20
> > > seems most likely I have to set the options -
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> > > PXE_DHCP_STRICT
> > > ZPXE_SUFFIX_STRIP
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> > > However when I boot the Etherboot image I keep getting=20
> the message=20
> > > "no filename in DHCP packet..."
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> > > Can anyone tell me simply whether this is possible or not=20
> and if so=20
> > > what am I missing?
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> > I regularly use etherboot to install windows via PXE, I use a plain=20
> > vanilla etherboot 5.4 snapshot (current cvs) with a Linux isc dhcp=20
> > server. I can supply the config file if that helps too.
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> > Which software are you using as a DHCP server? as the error you are=20
> > seeing indicates that the dhcp server isn't telling the=20
> client which=20
> > file to get form the tftp server.
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