Re: Etherboot 5.4.0: DHCP issue

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 11:28:43AM +0200, Alfred Glass wrote:
> Hi Developers,
> 
> seems that there is an DHCP issue in the version 5.4.0.
> I have used the version 5.2.5 before. I could boot etherboot images.
> My net has two DHCP servers (DHCP-one and DHCP-two) !!
> On DHCP-two I have configured the MAC of my discless board.
> 
> Now I am testing the 5.4.0 because I want to use the PXE boot feature.
> This BIOS (etherboot included in BIOS) doesn´t boot my image because it only asks the DHCP-one and hooks !!!
> Two DHCP´s in the net were not a problem with 5.2.5.
> 
> Hope this email helps you to find this bug.


Could you provide a sniffer file in libpcap[1] format?


Generating one works like this


  tcpdump -s 1600 -w dualDHCPserver.libpcap  ether host <macaddress-client>


boot the client


stop the tcpdump with control-C



Cheers
Geert Stappers

[1] "packet capture library" use by e.g. tcpdump and ethereal

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