TFTP Error - File Not Found

[GlennG]

Hi.
I’m having this weird problem with PXE booting.
My setup:
192.168.100.1 FreeBSD firewall (pfSense)
192.168.100.3 FOG Server
192.168.100.4 Windows domain controller

The FreeBSD firewall is the DHCP server.
I have the next-server and filename option in the config file:
[CODE] next-server 192.168.100.3;
filename “pxelinux.0”;
[/CODE]

When I try to boot, I get an IP-adress, but I get an error when it tries to download the pxelinux.0 file:
[CODE]
PXE-T01: FIle not found
PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File Not found
PXE-M05: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.
[/CODE]

I am running wireshark on the FOG Server console, and I get no traffic on port 69 when I try booting.
If i try to download manually with a tftp client, the file gets transferred, and wireshark shows the request in my console.
[CODE]
root@imageserver:/tftpboot# tshark -f “host 192.168.100.101 or port 69 or host 192.168.100.1”
Running as user “root” and group “root”. This could be dangerous.
Capturing on eth0
0.000000 HewlettP_91:47:c1 -> Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.100.1? Tell 192.168.100.140
38.665370 G-ProCom_6e:be:b9 -> Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.100.1? Tell 192.168.100.200
84.106586 70:5a:b6:9f:89:4e -> Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.100.1? Tell 192.168.100.187
87.018861 192.168.100.1 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Offer - Transaction ID 0x4c5701a5
90.058810 192.168.100.1 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP ACK - Transaction ID 0x4c5701a5
90.110043 HewlettP_57:01:a5 -> Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.100.1? Tell 192.168.100.101
94.230004 192.168.100.1 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP Offer - Transaction ID 0x4d5701a5
102.306371 192.168.100.1 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP DHCP ACK - Transaction ID 0x4d5701a5
110.487790 HewlettP_57:01:a5 -> Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.100.4? Tell 192.168.100.101

[/CODE]
Here’s when I try to read file manually with a tftp client.
[CODE]
132.184676 192.168.100.4 -> 192.168.100.3 TFTP Read Request, File: pxelinux.0\000, Transfer type: octet\000
[/CODE]

Can’t figure out whats wrong here.

Help appreciated.

[GlennG]

It has worked fine in the past.

It turns out it works when I set up the FOG server as dhcp server, connect it to a switch that is not connected to anything else, and then try to boot.

A network problem of some sort.
Very weird indeed.

[Aaron Johnson]

I’m not sure if this is your problem or not but on recent versions of Debian Squeeze you must change the TFTP_DIRECTORY path located in /etc/default/tftpd-hpa from “/srv/tftp” to “/tftpboot”, or you can just symlink /tftpboot to /srv/tftp.

I have updated the FOG Debian installation instructions on the wiki:
[url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installation_on_Debian_Lenny[/url]

[VaHam]

On most recent version of Debian Squeeze 6.04 you must change the TFTP_DIRECTORY path located in /etc/default/tftpd-hpa from “/images” to “/tftpboot” 18 Feb 2013

[Corey]

Moved to new thread due to age of this post…