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good night!

hello!

no problem, what is working so far and what are the issues?

so I installed the dhcp3 server fo ubuntu as described on the wiki page

yes, they should be fine as the board uses bootp

s/debian/ubuntu/

ubuntu 12.04 yes

so do I give the zedboad a fixed IP from my router dhcp?

I already prepared the netboot sd card

I do not see anything about dhcpd configuration on this wiki page?

I don't see anything there either, anyway, you are using (isc) dhcpd, I presume?

do you have a dhcpd.conf in /etc?

we are talking dhcpd not tftp :)

okay, that seems to be isc dhcp, please upload that config file

I don't have an ubutu at hand

pastebin.com

did you modify the sd card for the zedboard already or is it the default card?

I already put you boot.bin on it

okay, good

(ah, what network do you use, local, and what do you want to use for the zedboard?)

I use 192.168.10.100 - 192.168.10.150 as router DHCP range

yes

I'd suggest to use a different network for the zedboard to avoid confusing the router

but if you like, you can also assign a static IP to the zedboard (on the router) and serve the same IP as dynamic IP from your ubuntu box

but since I dont know the zedboards mac address I had trouble to add it to the table :)

yes

i.e. do you have gbit speed between workstation and zedboard?

good, and it is the same shared network you use for connecting the workstation to the outside, yes?

same as to outside, no single ethernet

okay, you are in front of the machine (or nearby)?

okay, open a root terminal, check what your interface is

eth0

disconnect your ethernet cable and directly connect the zedboard to this ethernet jack

(by pressing a key)

the zedboard will send bootp requests which will get dumped by the tcpdump

then adjust the dhcpd file to contain the following:

where YYY is your workstation and XXX ist the zedboard IP and correct the hardware ethernet address if necessary

via pressing a key on the uart terminal

so it is probably already looping and trying to boot via tftp

i.e. something like this:

if the config is fine, dhcpd should be able to start (i.e. not complaining) and should answer to the zedboard requests

the zedboard will get the 192.168.10.XXX IP and will request the /ZED/u-boot.scr" from tftp server at 192.168.10.YYY

ok mac address intercepted

it does something, not everything yet though: http://pastebin.com/3qeAu6Np

okay, so .10.1 is your workstation?

sorry 10.1

no wait 10.140 is the zedboard

or to put it the other way round, what is your dhcpd config atm?

but the router does DHCP as well

that might be interfering

pleas upload the currenten complete config and tell your router to not handle this IP

if that is not possible, you have to pick a separate network like 192.168.11.x

I currently have my router configured to hand out fixed IPs for 121 and 140, you mean I should disable that again?

the router is currently set to DNSMasq enabled

when the router answers to the bootp/dhcp requests from the zedboard it is already wrong

there are no bootp options in the router config

1) get a second nic (preferably gigabit) and connect the zedboard directly to the workstation

router does not respond to dhcp/bootp anymore

how can I verify my workstation is set up properly in this regard

I reinit this conf with "sudo service networking restart" right?

the MAC is correct? i.e. your zedboard has the same as mine?

thats what I just wanted to ask yes, it looks like it

i.e. somehow it doesn't figure out the correct one, but that doesn't really matter

well, ubuntu/debian is different :)

(says google)

that sounds more like it

next step

:)

good, you did configure the tftp service (and restart it? :)

you then want to copy my ZED directory in the tftp dir

I followed this guide

but I'm pretty sure ubuntu/debian has a special place for it :)

I doubt ubuntu uses /tftpboot?

debian and debian derivatives hate putting anything in /

and I don't think you want to mess with the xinetd config

(and I'd revert any additional changes you did)

lets see if that does the trick already

the zedboard boots

really? did you add the symlinks already?

hurray now it seems to be working

ok now I gotta go to the supermarket :)

(or symbolic links that is)

I also suggest to link the zImage to BERTL.xilinx/zImage

will debug it tomorrow

sasha has overdone the reviewing a little :)

and regarding boot/symlinks: just upload the log file output tftpd writes

overdone in the sence of changing the original meaning of some sentences

I took a quick look at /var/log

systemd didn't contain anything either

check who spawns tftpd, if it is xinetd, then the config is there

adding -v to server_args will give more verbosity

thanks!