
Troubleshooting Network Boot Problems
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For example, Version 3.00 of the Site Manager’s Image Builder tool stores the
Version 9.00 files in the /$HOME/.builder_dir/rel900/asn directory.
2.
Make sure that the ASN extracts the kernel image and all of the
application and string files from the same software image.
If these files are from different software versions, the ASN may fail to boot or
operate properly.
3.
Make sure that the
bootptab
file is in the
/etc
directory.
4.
Make sure that the
bootptab
file contains the following entries:
general:\
:hd=/$HOME/.builder_dir/rel900/asn:\
:bf=krnl_asn.exe:\
:bs=auto:\
:vm=rfc1048:
Note that
/$HOME/.builder_dir/rel900/asn
is the location of the
kernel and all application and string files.
5.
Make sure that the
bootptab
file contains a definition for the particular
ASN that is failing to Netboot.
6.
Make sure that the configuration filename and path are correct in the
bootptab
file.
For example, the following bootptab line indicates that the configuration file
named ASN_Bost.cfg is in the /rte3/cfg directory path:
T129="/rte3/cfg/ASN_Bost.cfg"
7.
Read the
bootptab
file carefully for misspellings or other errors.
Compare it to the sample file shown in Chapter 2 (Figure 2-1).
Displaying the BOOTP Server’s IP Routes
Enter the following command at the UNIX command line of the BOOTP server to
display the IP address of the next hop to a netbooting router:
netstat -rn
|
grep -i -n
<IP_address>
<IP_address>
is the IP address of the netbooting router’s network.
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