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diff --git a/eu/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml b/eu/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 26f2b681a..000000000 --- a/eu/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 15652 untranslated --> - - - <sect2 condition="supports-rarp" id="tftp-rarp"> - <title>Setting up RARP server</title> -<para> - -To setup 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 - -<phrase arch="sparc"> pick it off the initial OpenPROM boot messages, use the -OpenBoot <userinput>.enet-addr</userinput> command, or </phrase> - -boot into ``Rescue'' mode (e.g., from the rescue floppy) and use the -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> -<para> - -<userinput>/sbin/rarp -s -<replaceable>client-hostname</replaceable> -<replaceable>client-enet-addr</replaceable> -</userinput> - -</para><para> - -<userinput>/usr/sbin/arp -s -<replaceable>client-ip</replaceable> -<replaceable>client-enet-addr</replaceable> -</userinput> - -</para></informalexample> - -</para><para> - -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 ``ethers'' database (either in the -<filename>/etc/ethers</filename> file, or via NIS/NIS+) and in the -``hosts'' 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>. - -</para> - </sect2> |