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Questions tagged [tftp]

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Download directory structure from a TFTP server

I need to download the complete directory structure from a TFTP server. Is there some simple way to do that? If that is not possible, than how could I download all files individually (provided I have a list of all files on the server)?
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Can I use PXE without DHCP by just manually specifying a static IP?

I want to try doing a PXE install for the first time. Every single tutorial I've read seem to indicate it requires a DHCP server configured to point to the TFTP server with the boot image. I don't understand why DHCP should be required though,…
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Cannot get TFTP server working on Ubuntu using xinetd

I am trying to get a very simple tftp server working. I followed the guides at several websites, including how-to-setup-tftp-on-ubuntu and installing-and-testing-tftpd-in-ubuntudebian, but I haven't been able to get a tftp server working. The xinetd…
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convert hex IP address into hostname

I would like to switch between hostnames and hex IP addresses, and vice versa. I have installed syslinux-utils on Debian Stretch, which provides gethostip: gethostip -x google.com D83ACD2E How can I switch D83ACD2E back to hostname? In older…
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"Permission denied" trying to get a file using TFTP

I started tftp-server, but I'm confused by this error: nisemono ncdy # chmod 777 /tftproot/test mode of `/tftproot/test' changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) nisemono ncdy # tftp 192.168.0.2 tftp> get test Error code 0: Permission denied 0 bytes…
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tftp transfer painfully slow

I am using HPA's tftp server for PXE boot. When I try downloading an image from my tftp server using curl, the transfer rate is less than 3 MB/s, even on my 1Gb network. curl -o initrd.gz tftp://192.168.0.4:69/boot/debian/initrd.gz Is this an…
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iptables: rules for tftp server

I have a tftp server which listens on standard UDP port 69. I have added following rule to my iptables to block everything except UDP 69. -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp -m udp --dport 69 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT …
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TFTP configuration problems

I can not get TFTP to work properly on my system. I have set /etc/default/tftpd-hpa to /srv/tftp/ which I have set to permissions 777 like all the contents as well (and /srv/ too) however, whenever I do a get test I get a timeout, (and I'm connected…
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PXE boot chaining to hardcoded TFTP server?

My existing network environment provides the following: DHCP server that sends PXE clients to a particular TFTP server TFTP server with SYSLINUX "pxelinux.0" file for booting The SYSLINUX installation defaults on timeout to "boot from local disk",…
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NFS over TCP not available from (My server ip) - network is unreachable & permission denied

I am trying to boot linux mint from a server I set up in virtualbox. Server is running in linux mint, and the client that I'm testing on (also virtualbox) is disk-less and booting over network. After splash screen vmlinuz and initrd are received…
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Autoinstallation of Centos7 (PXE) ends up in booting to the live-DVD login

EDIT: 2015-03-29 16:14 UTC+1: After downloading the images, the VM throws the error "Failed to mount RPC Pipe Filesystem" I am trying to do automatic installation of CentOS 7 via PXE. My PXE server defaults everything to the CentOS 7 install, since…
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How do I boot the linux kernel over PXE with dnsmasq and syslinux?

Are these dnsmasq.conf options…
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TFTP isn't listening the defined port when started using a xinetd rule

I am following this tutorial to work with tftp: First, I install all the necessary packages: sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp -y Next, create a configuration file: sudo nano /etc/xinetd.d/tftp Put the following content into the file. service…
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Host multiple Linux distros on PXE Server and show these choices to PXE client

PXE Server - CentOS 6.5 64bit Objective - Client should be presented with OS choices in network boot menu - Oracle Linux 6.5, RHEL 7, Ubuntu 14. Upon selection it should proceed with the selected OS installation.
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dhcpd does not allow filename option with a colon in it

For some reason, tftpboot does not work with a colon in filename parameter: group { filename "node7:linux/pxelinux.0"; host machine_7a { hardware ethernet 02:01:02:02:01:11; fixed-address 192.168.10.8; } host machine_7b { …
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