https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/problems-with-a-boot-helper/m-p/3384705#M514348 Doh, /etc/passwd had a hidden character in the tftpd entry. Works now!<BR /> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:26:40 GMT david shetler 2004-09-22T16:26:40Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/problems-with-a-boot-helper/m-p/3384704#M514347 See if I can explain the problem I have clearly.<BR /><BR />Current setup:<BR />1 Main ignite server that clients install from also have<BR />1 boot helper to help IA based machines boot off the network<BR /><BR />The boot helper has these modifications to inetd.conf<BR /><BR />tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd /opt/ignite /opt/ignite/boot<BR /><BR />and<BR /><BR />bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/bootpd bootpd -t90<BR /><BR />I can boot off the lan just fine if I point it to one file<BR />ie. bf=/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi or<BR />bf=/opt/ignite/boot/esly.efi<BR /><BR />Problem I encounter is when I boot esly.efi it goes to ELILO boot:<BR /><BR />From there I try to boot another file inside /opt/ignite/boot but tftp cant seem to find it.<BR /><BR />error output:<BR /><BR />TSize.Running LoadFile()<BR /><BR />TFTP.<BR />ELILO boot: ux.st64<BR />elilo.c(line 75):Kernel file not found ux.st64<BR /><BR />However it can find that file if I give an absolute pathname to it...<BR /><BR />Any suggestions?<BR /><BR /><BR /> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:52:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/problems-with-a-boot-helper/m-p/3384704#M514347 david shetler 2004-09-22T14:52:44Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/problems-with-a-boot-helper/m-p/3384705#M514348 Doh, /etc/passwd had a hidden character in the tftpd entry. Works now!<BR /> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:26:40 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/problems-with-a-boot-helper/m-p/3384705#M514348 david shetler 2004-09-22T16:26:40Z