TFTP server in the host (Mandrake 9.2 ) is configured like this:
 

service tftp

{

disable = no

socket_type = dgram

protocol = udp

wait = yes

user = root

server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd

server_args = -s /tftpboot

#per_source = 11

#cps = 100 2

#flags = IPv4

}

The environment variables are:

$ printenv

bootargs=root=/dev/mtdblock2 devfs=mount console=ttyS0,115200

bootcmd=bootm 40000

bootdelay=3

baudrate=115200

ethaddr=00:08:33:33:00:01

stdin=serial

stdout=serial

stderr=serial

filesize=4a6

netmask=255.255.0.0

ipaddr=172.16.16.220

serverip=172.16.16.70

Output with minicom:

$ tftp a1000000 little

TFTP from server 172.16.16.70; our IP address is 172.16.16.220

Filename 'little'.

Load address: 0xa1000000

Loading: T T #T #

done

Bytes transferred = 1190 (4a6 hex)

$ tftp a1000000 hello.img

TFTP from server 172.16.16.70; our IP address is 172.16.16.220

Filename 'hello.img'.

Load address: 0xa1000000

Loading: T T invalid RARP header

invalid RARP header

#T T #T T T #T T T

Retry count exceeded; starting again

TFTP from server 172.16.16.70; our IP address is 172.16.16.220

Filename 'hello.img'.

Load address: 0xa1000000

Loading: #T T T T T T #T T T #T

Retry count exceeded; starting again

 

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Masami Komiya" <mkomiya@sonare.it>
To: "Sonia Martinez" <anexwarrior@hotmail.com>
Cc: <u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] TFTP PROBLEM

> TFTP can work fine in 1.0.0, but be affected by network environment.
> What's kind of the server do you use for the host configuration, DHCP, BOOTP ?
>
> Could you show the console messages ?
> Also I want to know your environment variables.
> That is shown by "printenv" command.
>
> Masami Komiya
>
> Sonia Martinez wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We're using u-boot 1.0.0 to boot Linux on a Lubbock based platform. We've
> > been able to boot Linux from RAM, with JFFS2 and nfsroot too. But we've a
> > problem with tftp.
> >
> > We know that the tftp server works because we've tested it with other
> > clients. But with tftp in u-boot we're only able to transfer little files
> > (1, 2 Kb)..
> >
> > Which can be the problem?? Newer versions work fine??
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sonia
> >
> >
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