exobuzz Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hi.. I've been trying to get my mac mini to netboot to elilo. (Holding N on the mac mini after power on) I'm running a dhcp server on another machine (running linux) with this configuration: authoritative; subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { option domain-name "workshop"; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers 192.168.1.1; # here we use a fixed address host test_machine { hardware ethernet 00:16:cb:a2:02:11; fixed-address 192.168.1.50; server-name "travelmate"; next-server 192.168.1.25; filename "elilo.efi"; option host-name "test_machine"; } } dhcp logs show as follows: Apr 5 02:35:21 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.50 to 00:16:cb:a2:02:11 via eth0 Apr 5 02:35:21 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.1.50 via eth0 Apr 5 02:35:21 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPACK to 192.168.1.50 Apr 5 02:35:22 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.1.50 via eth0 Apr 5 02:35:22 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPACK to 192.168.1.50 Apr 5 02:35:24 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.1.50 via eth0 Apr 5 02:35:24 travelmate dhcpd: DHCPACK to 192.168.1.50 and tcpdump logs : http://www.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/mac/tcpdump.txt The mac does not attempt to connect to the tftp server, so I'm missing something important in the communication! I've read a few documents and I admit I might have got this all wrong. Any help would be much appreciated! I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to be able to network boot their Mac Mini :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14017-netboot-on-mac-mini/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vkangin Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hi exobuzz! I do have the same problem with Linux Server and Mac Mini. Did you manage to have some progress? I would greatly appreciate for any advice. Thaning in advance, vkangin Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14017-netboot-on-mac-mini/#findComment-107670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exobuzz Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 Hi exobuzz! I do have the same problem with Linux Server and Mac Mini. Did you manage to have some progress? I would greatly appreciate for any advice. Thaning in advance, vkangin Sorry for the really late reply. I never did get it working. However the Mac was destined for a rack in London, and the clever people who host it there did get it netbooting. However, I don't know how they did it. The only thing I suggest is you contact them and ask how they did it http://www.mythic-beasts.com Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14017-netboot-on-mac-mini/#findComment-135499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vkangin Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Sorry for the really late reply. I never did get it working. However the Mac was destined for a rack in London, and the clever people who host it there did get it netbooting. However, I don't know how they did it. The only thing I suggest is you contact them and ask how they did it http://www.mythic-beasts.com I didn't find any refference to Mac Mini Netboot at www.mythic-beasts.com Are you sure that they are offering diskless provisioning for Mac Mini? Regards, Vladimir Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14017-netboot-on-mac-mini/#findComment-256802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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