Newman, Kevin: writes:
>
> I'm still looking for that ever elusive bf= option in the bootptab and
> what exists in the referenced file.
The format of the referenced TFTP file is device dependent. Consult your
device's documentation.
For JetDirect boxes, it looks like my original posting below.
> I'm looking at the "Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services"
> manual, and on page 4-6, dealing with bootp, there is an entry that
> says: bf=filename Specifies the filename, in Hierarchical File
> Structure (HFS) syntax, of the bootfile that the client should download.
> The client's boot request, and the values of the hd and bf tags,
> determine the contents of the bootfile field in the bot reply packet.
I don't remember why, but for my JetDirectEX boxes, I'm using T144 instead of
bf to identify the file to be tftp downloaded. Maybe I read about T144 in
the JetDirect manual.
> So, what is the format? How do I setup this file so that I can
> configure the Netware side of the configuration? I've been getting all
> kinds of replies about how to setup bootp. I know how to setup bootp,
> I'm looking for information on how to setup the file that the printer
> will tftp back down as a configuration. Bootp can give, on the config
> line, information about all of the IP stuff that I need to configure,
> but there is no way of setting up IPX. The only way I can see of doing
> this is to use the bootfile referenced above by the bf tag.
The T144/bf filename is a relative path name based on the home group of the
TFTP user specified in INETDCNF.NET.SYS.
- Mark
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Bixby [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 3:31 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Slightly off topic: BootP from the HP3000
> >
> > In INETDCNF.NET.SYS:
> >
> > bootps dgram udp wait MANAGER.SYS /SYS/NET/BOOTPD bootpd -d
> > tftp dgram udp wait USER.TFTP /SYS/NET/TFTPD tftpd
> >
> > In BOOTPTAB.NET.SYS:
> >
> > pp1d640:\
> > :ht=ether:\
> > :ha=my jetdirect MAC address:\
> > :sm=my subnet mask:\
> > :gw=my default gateway IP address:\
> > :lg=my syslog server IP address:\
> > :ip=my jetdirect IP address:\
> > :T144="NPPP1":\
> > :vm=rfc1048:
> >
> > In NPPP1.TFTPDIR.TFTP (note: TFTPDIR.TFTP is the home group of
> > USER.TFTP):
> >
> > idle-timeout: 3600
> > #
> > # Place domain name here to avoid overflow of
> > # the vendor information area in the BOOTP reply.
> > #
> > name: my jetdirect host name
> > location: DIS Machine Room
> > contact: DIS Machine Room operator, +1 714 438-4740
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Mark Bixby E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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