Installing and Administering Internet Services

194 Chapter 5
Configuring TFTP and BOOTP Servers
Troubleshooting BOOTP and TFTP Servers
The value for the hardware address mask tag hm was incorrectly
formatted in the configuration file entry for hostname. Correct the
configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client. The subnet
mask must be specified in hex.
• bad hardware type for host hostname
The value specified for the ht tag is an unsupported hardware type.
See the bootpd man page for a list of supported hardware types.
• bad hostname: hostname
The name given in the hostname field was not a valid host name.
Correct the host name and try to reboot the BOOTP client. A valid
host name consists a letter followed by any number of letters, digits,
periods, or hyphens.
• bad IP address for host hostname
One of the IP addresses listed for the ip tag or any tag requiring a
list of IP addresses is incorrectly formatted in the configuration file
entry for hostname.
Correct the configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client.
IP addresses must be specified in standard Internet “dot” notation.
They can use decimal, octal, or hexadecimal numbers. (Octal numbers
begin with 0, and hexadecimal numbers begin with 0x or 0X.) If more
than one IP address is listed, separate the addresses with white
space.
• bad reply broadcast address for host hostname
The address given for the ba tag was invalid or incorrectly formatted.
Correct the configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client.
Type man 1M bootpd for more information.
• bad subnet mask for host hostname
The value for the subnet mask tag sm was incorrectly formatted in
the configuration file entry for hostname. Correct the configuration
entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client. The subnet mask must be
specified as a single IP address.
• bad time offset for host hostname
The value for the to tag was not a valid number. Correct the
configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client. The to value
may be either a signed decimal integer or the keyword auto, which
uses the server’s time zone offset.