Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!convex!thurlow From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun Subject: Re: moving /tftpboot - HELP Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 91 16:18:13 GMT References: Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: dhostwo.convex.com In ramsey@sundance.llnl.gov (Susanne Ramsey) asks: [Will the world break if I move the stuff in /tftpboot?] From my experience, I think you'll be fine, as long as you check your work with tftp. I'd suggest just replacing /tftpboot with a symbolic link to where the disk space is; as long as tftpd can get there, you should be fine. One caveat: starting tftpd with -s is a problem for SPARC workstations, which decided to change the rules and ask for "/tftpboot/XXXXXXXX.SUN4C"; because tftpd does a chroot(2), it can't lookup that path. The workaround is ridiculously simple - just add another symlink in the tftpd directory with tftpboot -> . and you'll be fine. The fix is very simple with respect to the time it can take to find this for the first time :-) Rob T -- Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com An employee and not a spokesman for Convex Computer Corp., Dallas, TX