[Techtalk] tftpboot client problems

[Maria McKinley]

Hey there,

I am trying to get a linux machine to boot off over the network, and I 
am having a curious problem:

First the machine that is booting off the network (monk) sends an arp 
request to find out which machine has the ip with the operating system 
(miles). Miles answers and begins transferring the kernel. It gets 
through a bunch of packets, and then miles sends out an arp to find out 
who has monk's ip. For some reason, monk never answers, and instead monk 
shows an error "Too many packets", and quits.

Any idea what would cause this machine to not answer an arp request to 
see who has its ip?

Thanks!

cheers,
maria