RE: UUUUUGH! ComOS 3.3.5-b17 problems!!!
Roger Marquis (marquis@roble.com)
Sun, 22 Dec 1996 15:54:35 -0800 (PST)
> --- On Sun, 22 Dec 1996 11:26:34 -0800 (PST) Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote:
> > >You mean if in /etc/inetd.conf tftp has a /tftpboot directory the
> > >file needs to be in /tftpboot/tftpboot/GENERIC.PM2?
> >
> > This is a common problem on tftpservers. The solution is to always
> > create a link pointing back to the tftp root directory:
> >
> > cd /tftpboot; ln -s . tftpboot
>
> The issue here that was being questioned was the portmaster initiating
> a tftp request with a "subdirectory" specified in eprom version "G", that
> did not exist in other eprom versions.
While this is true Livingston is not unique in looking for the /tftpboot
subdirectory to upload/download into. With the self-referencing link you
don't have to worry about it, one way or the other.
Roger Marquis