[U-Boot] NFS boot problems !

[Cristian Axenie]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Jerry Van Baren <gvb.uboot at gmail.com>wrote:

> Cristian Axenie wrote:
>
>> Hi all !
>>
>> I try to boot the kernel and rootfs using NFS!
>> Next is my u-boot env:
>>
>
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>
>
>  bootfile=/home/haustiq/development/uImage
>>
>
> Likely wrong (see below).
>
>
>  My problem is that when I
>>
>> run bootcmd
>>
>> I get :
>>
>>
>> Speed: 100, full duplex
>> Using eTSEC0 device
>> TFTP from server 192.168.1.103; our IP address is 192.168.1.100
>> Filename '/home/haustiq/development/uImage'.
>>
>
> This does *NOT* look like a valid path.  TFTP servers typically serve out
> of a dedicated directory (often /tftpboot) and the paths to the files are
> usually relative to the root folder.
>

But if I changed the directory to the one mentioned before in the
/etc/inetd.conf and didn't used /tftpboot ?


>
> You probably want to copy your uImage to /tftpboot/uImage and use the file
> name either uImage or /uImage or /tftboot/uImage.
>

Yes indeed I copy my kernel image to the specified folder
(home/haustiq/development/) !

>
> Do a "tftp get" from a computer, preferably not your tftp server computer,
> to figure out your TFTP server path and file names before trying to TFTP
> from u-boot.
>
> If you run stuck, use wireshark on your server to see what is going on on
> the wire.
>
>
>  Load address: 0x1000000
>> Loading: *
>> TFTP error: 'Access violation' (2)
>> Starting again
>>
>> Any ideas ?
>>
>
> Wrong path/file.
>
>
 I've also tried the way you mentioned , selected /tftpboot the dedicated
folder, made the appropriate modifications and moved the uImage there... and
the problem persists !


> Good luck,
> gvb
>
>
Thanks for the response !

If further ideas, please post them !

Best !


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