TFTP Time out (again)

[Arunvijai.S]

Hello All,

I am trying to install PA11.11 via IPF 11.23 as my Ignite server. When i try to ignite my client i get these errors always,

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tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> Transfer timed out.
tftp>
ERROR: Could not read /var/opt/ignite/INDEX from install tftp server.
NOTE: Retrying loadfile command...
* tftp error log follows:
tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> Transfer timed out.
tftp>
ERROR: Could not read /var/opt/ignite/INDEX from install tftp server.
NOTE: Retrying loadfile command...
* tftp error log follows:
tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> Transfer timed out.
tftp>
ERROR: Could not read /var/opt/ignite/INDEX from install tftp server.
NOTE: Retrying loadfile command...
* tftp error log follows:
tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> tftp> Transfer timed out.
tftp>
ERROR: Could not read /var/opt/ignite/INDEX from install tftp server.
ERROR: Failed to read "INDEX" file from install server. Check that the
install server's IP address is correct and the server has the
"Ignite-UX" product loaded and is available via the tftp(1) service.
Failed to startup networking, user interaction required
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Please advice to fix this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Arun

[Steve Steel]

Hi

What is the networking like.

Ignite defaults to half duplex.

You should set the contact switches to auto-negotiation .

Also you can have problems with excess leading zeroes in your IP address.

I went down that road.

Steve STeel

[Bharat Katkar]

Could you tell me how u r starting ur installation ???
Important !!!!

[Frederic Sadoun]

Hi,

1 - Verify if your ignite directory is enable for tftp in /etc/inetd.conf :
tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd#\
/opt/ignite#\
/opt/ignite\
/var/opt/ignite\
/var/opt/ignite/scripts

2 - Verify if the tftp port is enable from client. If not, it's perhaps because of a firewall...

Hope this will help you...
Regards

[rick jones · Accepted solution]

in the past I have seen tftp timeouts when my ignite server was multi-homed and the "undesired" server IP address ended-up in the *INSTALLFS file.

i worked around the problem in the client cui on the console - sorry but I forget the exact sequence I followed, but it got me to a screen that allowed me to alter the IP address of the ignite server.

the "fix" was to use instl_adm to alter the IP address in the *INSTALLFS file

btw, HP-UX 100BT NICs default to auto-negotiate. they will go into half-duplex if the other side asks for HD, or if the other side is hardcoded (hardcode means autoneg "fails" and the spec requires the side trying to autoneg to go into HD at that point).