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diff --git a/en/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml b/en/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml index e59b94587..89ad3fb7e 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ <sect2 condition="supports-rarp" id="tftp-rarp"> - <title>Setting up RARP server</title> + <title>Setting up RARP server</title> <para> -To setup RARP, you need to know the Ethernet address (a.k.a. the MAC address) +To set up RARP, you need to know the Ethernet address (a.k.a. the MAC address) of the client computers to be installed. If you don't know this information, you can @@ -18,47 +18,16 @@ command <userinput>/sbin/ifconfig eth0</userinput>. </para><para> -On a RARP server system using a Linux 2.2.x kernel, -you need to populate the kernel's RARP table. -To do this, run the following commands: - -<informalexample><screen> -# <userinput>/sbin/rarp -s -<replaceable>client-hostname</replaceable> -<replaceable>client-enet-addr</replaceable></userinput> - -# <userinput>/usr/sbin/arp -s -<replaceable>client-ip</replaceable> -<replaceable>client-enet-addr</replaceable></userinput> -</screen></informalexample> - -If you get - -<informalexample><screen> -SIOCSRARP: Invalid argument -</screen></informalexample> - -you probably need to load the RARP kernel module or else recompile the -kernel to support RARP. Try <userinput>modprobe rarp</userinput> and -then try the <command>rarp</command> command again. - -</para><para> - -On a RARP server system using a Linux 2.4.x kernel, -there is no RARP module, and -you should instead use the <command>rarpd</command> program. The -procedure is similar to that used under SunOS in the following -paragraph. - -</para><para> - -Under SunOS, you need to ensure that the Ethernet hardware address for -the client is listed in the <quote>ethers</quote> database (either in the +On a RARP server system using a Linux 2.4 or 2.6 kernel, or Solaris/SunOS, +you use the <command>rarpd</command> program. +You need to ensure that the Ethernet hardware address for the client is +listed in the <quote>ethers</quote> database (either in the <filename>/etc/ethers</filename> file, or via NIS/NIS+) and in the <quote>hosts</quote> database. Then you need to start the RARP daemon. -In SunOS 4, issue the command (as root): -<userinput>/usr/etc/rarpd -a</userinput>; in SunOS 5, use -<userinput>/usr/sbin/rarpd -a</userinput>. +Issue the command (as root): <userinput>/usr/sbin/rarpd -a</userinput> +on most Linux systems and SunOS 5 (Solaris 2), +<userinput>/usr/sbin/in.rarpd -a</userinput> on some other Linux systems, +or <userinput>/usr/etc/rarpd -a</userinput> in SunOS 4 (Solaris 1). </para> </sect2> |