From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- fi/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fi/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml (limited to 'fi/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml') diff --git a/fi/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml b/fi/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6fd184d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/fi/install-methods/tftp/rarp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ + + + + + + Setting up RARP server + + +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 + + pick it off the initial OpenPROM boot messages, use the +OpenBoot .enet-addr command, or + +boot into Rescue mode (e.g., from the rescue floppy) and use the +command /sbin/ifconfig eth0. + + + +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: + + +# /sbin/rarp -s +client-hostname +client-enet-addr + +# /usr/sbin/arp -s +client-ip +client-enet-addr + + +If you get + + +SIOCSRARP: Invalid argument + + +you probably need to load the RARP kernel module or else recompile the +kernel to support RARP. Try modprobe rarp and +then try the rarp command again. + + + +On a RARP server system using a Linux 2.4.x kernel, +there is no RARP module, and +you should instead use the rarpd program. The +procedure is similar to that used under SunOS in the following +paragraph. + + + +Under SunOS, you need to ensure that the Ethernet hardware address for +the client is listed in the ethers database (either in the +/etc/ethers 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): +/usr/etc/rarpd -a; in SunOS 5, use +/usr/sbin/rarpd -a. + + + -- cgit v1.2.3