2007-05-25, 10:51 PM
Jase Wrote:This will be my last post on this subject here as i know it has gone well of topic. I have been doing some reading on getting the mvp to boot from a nas drive, i see what you mean it is not straight forward. As i have said before the nas drive i have is a synology ds-107. The mvp model i have is a d3A-Uk.The d3a is easiest because it uses standard net boot.
Quote:At this point i seem to be reading conflicting veiws as to weather i need a tftp server or to serve the dongle via a bootp request.
Totally different, you use bootp to locate the tftp server and tftp is needed to load it.
Quote:Do i need a perl script to send the dongle?No.
Quote:Can i use my router as my dhcp server?Maybe if you can run custom firmware like DD-WRT. Since you can run dhcp on your NAS that is easiest, remember you can only have one active dhcp on the sub-net.
Quote:Is there a way i can tell if my tftp server/dhcp servers are running?If dhcp is turned off on your router, you know your NAS is working if you get dynamic IP's.
For tftp telnet to your mvpmc machine and issue a tftp command manually.
ie ( note use your tftp server ip here)
tftp -g -l martindoesnotexist 192.168.1.30 dieu
This should return an error like tftp: server says: File not found when it is set up correctly
Quote:I know this is a pain but it is just for learning/experimental purposes.
It's not pain, if you do continue to get this working and don't give up. The reason I suggest the mvpmc-user mailing list is there are more people there who know more than me about how to do this.
Martin
