RE: UUUUUGH! ComOS 3.3.5-b17 problems!!!

Rich Adamson (adar0@routers.com)
Sat, 21 Dec 96 08:14:57 CST

>Heres my boot up:
>
>Livingston Enterprises, Inc. Boot Prom Rev G
>
>Testing Low Memory....
>Testing System Clock....
>Testing System Memory.... 1024K
>Checking Boot Rom....
>Calibrating.... 33MHz
>Starting FLASH Boot.....
>Invalid magic number for flash 0/0
>
>Starting Net Boot.....
>Sending RARP request for 0:c0:5:1:40:a6
...
> tftp 206.136.25.12
>Starting tftp...
>Requesting tftp of /tftpboot/CE881901.PM2 from server ce88190c
>Request failed - 1 File not found

Jacob,
Livingston has used at least two different net boot approaches
over the years. The "G" eprom that your using wants the
GENERIC to be located in a subdirectory "tftpboot" below
where ever your tftpd server is setup to point to.
Some of the eproms also require you to press 'esc' after the
first 'starting tftp' message (which aborts the tftp) and then
reissue the exact same 'tftp 206...' command a second time.
It seems the majority of the eprom versions that I've seen
will actually look for the GENERIC file in whatever directory
that your tftpd is pointing to; at least one eprom version
requires a deeper subdirectory.
Since Livingston does not post differences in eproms, and,
does not post a list of known problems, I'd suggest upgrading
the eproms to one of their latest versions ("M" was current
about a month ago).
Rich
adar0@routers.com