Hi Gurus,
Thanks to Ashley Frost for his kind attention. I managed to complete
the update only after copying the .btp file to the /tftpboot directory.
It was located originally in a subdirectory of another directory but
this did not work even giving the right directions in /etc/bootptab.
Regards,
Oyanarte Portilho
Institute of Physics
University of Brasilia, Brazil
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Original post:
> Hi Gurus,
>
> I am trying to update firmware of a DEC 3000 300X through the
> bootp procedure. I have added the m300_v7_0.btp file to a /dir in a
> DEC 3000 600 server and given permission so that anybody can read
> it. I have also edited /etc/bootptab and /etc/inetd.conf accordingly
> to the instructions in .txt file that accompanies the .btp file (in
> short, activated bootpd and tftpd). When booting the host with
>
> >>> b ez0
>
> I get
>
> . . .
>
> Host server IP address is xxxxxxxx
> AUDIT_BSERVER_FOUND
> ?T_ERR_NI - RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
>
> In the server side, daemon.log shows messages like
>
> bootpd[5219]: request from Ethernet address XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX
> bootpd[5219]: found xxx.xx.xx.x (XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX) at (hostname)
> bootpd[5219]: vendor magic field is 0.0.0.0
> bootpd[5219]: sending reply (with no options)
> bootpd[5219]: setarp xxx.xx.xx.x - XX.XX.XX.XX.XX.XX
>
> Anybody has an idea of why the .btp file is not being transmitted?
Received on Tue Dec 14 1999 - 12:13:53 NZDT