"TFTP: File Not Found" with ZENworks imaging based on SLES 11

  • Document ID:7003577
  • Creation Date:18-Jun-2009
  • Modified Date:30-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Configuration Management
      ZENworks Desktop Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 2 - 10.2 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management - ZLM7.3
Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Support Pack 1 - ZDM7 SP1 Imaging
Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management on Linux Support Pack 1 - ZDML7 SP1

Situation

PXE-based imaging with SLES 11-based distro ("ZENworks Imaging Driver Update for June 2009", and beyond)

"error 68: TFTP: File Not Found" on debug (alt-f3) screen


Resolution

Although the message shows "error", in ZENworks imaging, the message does not represent a real problem,and in these two cases, can be ignored.

Additional Information

  1. "config" is a config file describing the images linuxrc has to load (see the regular SLES11 DVD for a nontrivial example). If it's missing linuxrc assumes there is only one image ('root') to load.
  2. "driverupdate" is the default location where linuxrc looks for driver updates. https://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/hvogel/Update-Media-HOWTO/index.html
    Some files are just optional, and not all network protocols support directory listings (notably TFTP). So linuxrc just has to try to read them to find out.