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centos/linux: run tftpd in a non-default net namespace

I wonder if anyone succeeded starting a tftpd in a network namespace (I'm using tftp-server-5.2-22.el7.x86_64.rpm)? I.e., starting tftpd in a default NS is trivial: bash# systemctl start tftp bash# ...
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Slow TFTP File Transfer in Uboot 2020

I've got a tftp server running on a virtual machine host, and I'm trying to tftp a linux kernel onto a TI AM33 processor. Both devices are connected on the same network switch. I'm noticing that TFTP ...
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PXE boot problem using netboot.xyz "mounting tmpfs on /cdrom failed: Invalid argument"

I've set up my pfsense server with tftp to support PXE booting. I've configured it to boot the latest (as of posting) version of netboot.xyz. This works to a point, but I've tried loading a few Linux ...
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TFTPboot using Uboot : TFTP server on Windows

I have a TFTP server running on Windows-10 machine. I am using MobaXterm it has TFTP server. I tested client server running on same windows 10, machine, able to communicate. TFTP -i 192.168.1.7 get ...
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Problem with device, can ping, but not tftp to get from server

On a Ubuntu GNS3 VM, I am trying to setup an active online-device. Here is the sketch of the Ifconfig on this GNS3 VM host: docker0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 172....
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Network unreachable while tftp on a virtual machine. What config should I add?

I'm trying to build a minimal kernel where tftp works. I'm using busybox for initramfs and I'll be running the kernel on an arm64 virtual machine. The command for getting file is tftp -g -r ...
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How do I TFTP download from base directory mounted to a drive partition

I am working with an external SATA drive, and would like to be able to have remote hosts be able to TFTP download files from it. However, when I set my TFTP base directory to my mount location, I get ...
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Setting up a PXE install using a Linux distro ISO

On my home LAN, I have A router/switch which is also a DHCP server A desktop A (really really old) laptop, which won't even boot from USB I want to use PXE to install a (32-bit) Linux distro on that ...
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"Unable to find a live file system on the network" PXE boot Ubuntu from CentOS

I image bare metal servers to CentOS 7 and 8 all of the the time via network DHCP/TFTP using UEFI options, from a CentOS 7 PXE server. I'm looking to also build Ubuntu 20.04 servers. I've followed the ...
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How to copy file from tftp server to a network device?

I have a linux machine. I guess tftp server is running in it as I see the directory - /tftpboot. But I am not sure. So how can I confirm this? And I have a networking device which is reachable from ...
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iptables rules to forward tftp via NAT

I have an embedded Linux device tethered to my PC via Ethernet. The PC is able to access a tftp server via VPN, and I am trying to set up iptables rules to allow the embedded device to access the tftp ...
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How to change the block size in tftpd to transfer large files efficiently

I have installed the TFTP client application by following the below link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/201505/how-do-i-install-and-run-a-tftp-server By default, the block size of the TFTP packet ...
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Removal of tftp service

I have 2 extractions to interpret, the first one XINETD.CONF and second one /etc/xinetd.d. I am supposed to ensure that tftp is deactivated as it poses a security risk since it offers no ...
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TFTP: cannot send/recive file, showing Error: TFTP, Opcode: Error Code(5)

I am trying to send/receive a file using TFTP from the network switch to ubuntu(VirtualBox on Windows 10 Pro), but getting an error code 5 By following the steps mentioned below it seems like my ...
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Why Tftp won't work globally?

I have tftpd-hpa with inetd installed. Locally (tftp <ip-address>) works fine. Port 69 is opened and worked both on input and output. Using netcat -ul -p 69 I can track incoming file, and ...
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nfs over usb beaglebone black linux

I'm trying to boot nfs over usb. Till now I'm able to load the kernel and run it with dtb using tftp over ethernet usb. I'm passing setenv bootargs console=ttyO0,115200n8 root=/dev/nfs rw ...
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firewall not working as expected in kickstart

I have following line in kickstart for firewall firewall --enabled --service=ssh,glusterfs,tftp,ntp I am expecting tftp server should be accessible from other system, but it was only accessible from ...
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Can we use ftp in place of tftp in pxe boot

Tftp is used to get OS image from pxe server to client as it uses UDP for file transfer. But can we use ftp for the same. If yes then how and if no then why?
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tftp - Error code 1: File not found

I need the correct syntax of tftp to get and put file. My ultimate goal is using busybox tftp (this should be second question), but it failed even trying to test with local Ubuntu tftp client. As you ...
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TFTP timeout problem during PXE boot

While setting up a PXE boot server on a CentOS 7 machine, I encountered a strange problem with TFTP. I cannot retrieve any files from the TFTP server without encountering a timeout problem. The boot ...
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How to boot linux kernel from network through GRUB2 console?

My test hw, on which I want to boot, is MinnowBoard Max Turbot which is an x86 machine with UEFI and so far, I have successfully built GRUB2 from source and it successfully boots kernel from USB. ...
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Can't Flash Image onto Arduino Yun Shield using Uboot or TFTP

Note: This question was originally asked on Arduino Stack exchange, but closed as off-topic because it's an OpenWRT issue. I have a Geeetech Iduino Yun Shield. I accidentally flashed the wrong ...
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Can't TFTP GET file on Ubuntu machine from Windows machine

I'm trying download file via TFTP on Ubuntu 16.04LTS machine from TFTP server (TFTPD32) running on Windows 7 machine. On Ubuntu every time I got error Transfer timed out. On Windows 7 PC Windows ...
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Redhat Satellite 6 - valueerror new value non-existent xfs filesystem

When trying to provision a CentOS 7 system with the RedHat Satellite 6.2.9 I got the following error: ... ValueError: new value non-existent xfs filesystem is not valid as a default fs type Pane is ...
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convert hex IP address into hostname

I would like to switch between hostnames and hex IP addresses, and vice versa. I have installed syslinux-utils on Debian Stretch, which provides gethostip: gethostip -x google.com D83ACD2E How can ...
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Why curl command stops downloading file immediately?

I set up a TFTP server in Windows and then in a embedded Linux, I ran the command curl tftp://192.168.10.2:69/xxx-fng-in stall.sh|sh but it stops immediately. Any suggestion?
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What's missing in my grub2 configuration for PxE

I'm trying to automate the installation of physical servers using PxE. In this case I'm installing Oracle Virtual Servers (OVS for short, RHEL/Centos-like systems with Xen and custom linux kernel). I ...
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Issues with DHCP configuration on Ubuntu Server LTS 16.04

I am currently setting up a machine that has two interfaces. One of the interfaces connects to the internet, and the other connects to a switch that manages a local network via DHCP. The DHCP server ...
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How to dd an image and save it to tftp without saving into local machine?

I want dd an image and save it to remote using tftp for example I'm trying to do "dd if=/dev/mtd2" | save it to tftp server. the direction of the file I have used in that code is wrong I'm trying my ...
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How to integrate Debian netinstall into existing PXE configuration?

Debian provides an archive with files for PXE boot network installation as explained here. The contents of the archive is meant be copied into an TFTP server's root directory and includes a pxelinux....
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PXE boot Live CD

I am trying to make possible remote Ubuntu boot. I have done one little thing, using this article , but there is one roughness. I would like to boot Ubuntu Live CD on my client and work in this half-...
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Why tftp direct access request to different folders with different network interfaces

Here's my /etc/xinetd.d/tftp service tftp { socket_type = dgram protocol = udp wait = yes user = ...
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Failed to setup tftpd-hpa

I have seen people discussing this problem, but no-one seems to know the answer. When I try to start my tftpd-hpa, by the command: /etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa start I am getting this in return: [.......
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How to PXE boot an IPCop installation?

I need to PXE boot my IPCop installation on a computer, but I don't know how to boot the OS over PXE, since I cannot find a pxelinux.0 file. I've put all IPCop files and folders in the /srv/tftp ...
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Using TFTP on Fedora 22

I am trying to troubleshoot tftp on my Fedora 22 to see if it is working or not. All I want to do is transfer a file between two systems. The commands I am finding online are not working. All I need ...
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tftp non-intearctive mode not working

tftp inline not working root@kali:~/scripts/recon_enum/exploit-db# tftp -v 192.xxx.xx.xxx 69 -c get text.txt text.txt usage: tftp host-name [port] tftp> but its working in interactive mode: root@...
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Compress mtdblock with 'tar' before sending it via TFTP

what is proper command compress mtdblock with 'tar' before sending it via TFTP? tftp -l /dev/mtdblock3 -p 192.168.100.40
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NFS over TCP not available from (My server ip) - network is unreachable & permission denied

I am trying to boot linux mint from a server I set up in virtualbox. Server is running in linux mint, and the client that I'm testing on (also virtualbox) is disk-less and booting over network. After ...
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TFTP error when downloading larger files

Embedded Linux device, with BusyBox v1.4.2 multi-call binary. I tried download files from remote device to local computer via TFTP, but got some issue: it works OK for small files (about ~350MB), but ...
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Can I use PXE without DHCP by just manually specifying a static IP?

I want to try doing a PXE install for the first time. Every single tutorial I've read seem to indicate it requires a DHCP server configured to point to the TFTP server with the boot image. I don't ...
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Debian TFTP installer loading very slow

at our facility we use TFTP to allow diskless boot of our workstations, everything is fast and good :) Now I'm prepraing to install Debian to muliple workstations, so I decided TFTP. I setup one test ...
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Tftp file transfer via serial port

First , please excuse me for my very thin knowledge with Linux, just getting to learn it in work. So my question is if I can transfer files from my Linux machine which runs busybox using tftp over ...
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TFTP times out when connecting to Docker server

I'm trying to install FOG in Docker (via boot2docker for Windows) at my workplace as a bit of a learning exercise. FOG has a handy little script that installs everything for you, and that works great ...
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TFTP times out in CentOS 7

I have an isolated server that telnets into the single device on its network and loads a file to it using the telnet command load. I am trying to recreate the functionality on another PC. The old ...
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Autoinstallation of Centos7 (PXE) ends up in booting to the live-DVD login

EDIT: 2015-03-29 16:14 UTC+1: After downloading the images, the VM throws the error "Failed to mount RPC Pipe Filesystem" I am trying to do automatic installation of CentOS 7 via PXE. My PXE server ...
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How do I boot the linux kernel over PXE with dnsmasq and syslinux?

Are these dnsmasq.conf options fine: port=0 interface=enp0s20u2u1 bind-interfaces dhcp-range=192.168.2.50,192.168.2.220,12h dhcp-boot=boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/pxe....
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TFTP isn't listening the defined port when started using a xinetd rule

I am following this tutorial to work with tftp: First, I install all the necessary packages: sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp -y Next, create a configuration file: sudo nano /etc/xinetd.d/...
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atftpd won't start on opensuse tumbleweed under systemd

I tried installing atftpd today. The package installed successfully: # zypper se atftp Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Summary | Type ...
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Host multiple Linux distros on PXE Server and show these choices to PXE client

PXE Server - CentOS 6.5 64bit Objective - Client should be presented with OS choices in network boot menu - Oracle Linux 6.5, RHEL 7, Ubuntu 14. Upon selection it should proceed with the selected OS ...
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Hostname variable doesn't work

I'm on a Raspberry Pi using RPiTC (Raspberry Pi Thin Client). I had made a script with an Hostname variable. It's worked perfectly but today when I had launch my script I saw something strange. My ...
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