nero@in-design.com said:
> nfs_boot: bootparam whoami, error=60 
> ...
> is this a bootparam prob or nfs?

It's the bootparam problem. The log messages obviously
only contain transactions of the machine's PROM.

Strange - the kernel should do the same, but not
even a request is logged on the server.

Can you try to start the tcpdump a bit earlier?
(And get some more of the packets (-xx).)

best regards
Matthias