[syslinux] tftp-hpa to boot aix

[H. Peter Anvin]

richard turner wrote:
> i am using tftp-hpa 0.32 to transfer boot image files of an aix 5.2
> system. packets begin to go across the network and then they stop at
> about 4200 packets. when i boot from aix bootp server 15227 packets are
> transfered.
> 
> i have tried with both xinetd and standalone modes with many different
> options. i am not sure why it is failing to transfer the entire image.
> are there certain options with in.tftp that i should be using? is it not
> possible to use a linux tftp server to serve aix boot images to an aix
> system?
> 
> here is the output i see on the aix system when it is transfering the
> files:
> 
> BOOTP:  S=1   R=1
> FILE /netboot/aixbootimg1
> Load Addr=0x4000 MaxSize=0xbfc000
> BOOTP: do-TFTP-read couldnt get block 4197
> BOOTP: TFTP transfer failed, re-trying transfer ...
> FILE /netboot/aixbootimg1
> BOOTP read-first-block failed:0
> BOOTP read-first-block failed:1
> BOOTP read-first-block failed:2
> BOOTP read-first-block failed:3
> 

It's impossible to know what's wrong without seeing a timestamped packet
trace here.  How long is the file?

	-hpa