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Tue Nov 20 16:43:21 MST 2007
Clients that do not specify boot files in their boot
requests always elicit a reply from the server. The exact
reply depends on the values of the hd and bf tags. If the
bf tag specifies an absolute path name, and the file is
accessible, that path name is returned in the reply packet.
Otherwise, if the hd and bf tags together specify an
accessible file, that file name is returned in the reply.
If a complete file name cannot be determined, or the file is
not accessible publicly, the reply contains a zeroed-out
bootfile field.
If the tftp pseudouser exists, bootpd treats all path names
(absolute or relative) as being relative to the home
directory of tftp and checks there first. If the file is
not accessible under the tftp home directory or the tftp
pseudouser does not exist, bootpd checks for the file
relative to /.
(hmm, the HP version of bootpd is strange, relative to the CMU
edition I'm running on other hosts..)
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Eric Schnoebelen eric at cirr.com http://www.cirr.com
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K"
-- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
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