Netboot doesn't work; DHCP issue?
I'm setting up NetBoot for the first time on my Leopard Xserve, trying to do NetInstall on some G4 clients.
Imaging seemed to work fine and the client boots as far as the grey apple screen - but then the client crashes with "You need to restart your computer now".
The log looks like this:
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: can't open /etc/bootptab
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: server name blue.pvpa.com
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: interface en0: ip 192.168.1.15 mask 255.255.255.0
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: subnets: Failed to convert 'router': Invalid IP address
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: bsdpd: shadow file size will be set to 48 megabytes
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd[64401]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00
I'm not running DHCP service on my Xserve - DHCP is coming from the router. The client does seem to be getting an IP address, according to Server Admin --> NetBoot --> Clients. Do I need to do something different with DHCP on the Xserve, and if so what?
Also, I tried creating /etc/bootptab by hand but that didn't make a difference either.
May 19 03:42:29 blue bootpd64401: subnets: Failed to convert 'router': Invalid IP address
This might be an issue... I've never seen this log before. Is your server on a different subnet then the clients you are attempting to boot? NetBoot doesn't work across subnets without some extra work.
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