Help with bootp

I am running Debian Slink fully updated. I am working on hooking up an Xterminal to the network. I am using the bootp server as nothing more then a nfs server so it does not have bind installed on it. I have my other machine maped as the firwall, bind, isp conection and home directory. I have

Help with bootp

I am having a problem with bootp on a fully updated Slink system. I try to access it from my Xterminal and my Xterminal says it is not getting any ip address. I look (ps aux) at the bootp server and it does not have bootpd running. So I try to start it from the command line and it does not start