Subject: Re: netboot -- U2 -> i386
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@tac.gw.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/18/2005 18:08:50
In article <200505182058.j4IKw3Fj013011@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>,
John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
>     I am trying to netboot my Ultra 2 from my i386 laptop, running
>2.0.2.  I'm pretty sure I have everything setup up right.  When I try
>to boot the Ultra 2 it displays a message saying "Boot device: ..." and
>below that is a count (presumably the number of bytes read from the
>tftp server).  This count reaches 13000 and stops.  No errors are
>reported on the laptop (the logs show the RARP request and a successful
>TFTP request).  Using tftp on both my laptop and another i386 machine I
>can read the boot file (C0A8010F symlinked to ofwboot.net)
>successfully.  Does anybody have any ideas.  Are there any known issues
>with tftp?  BTW, I have two processors installed if that might make a
>difference.  Also, I upgraded tftpd to the latest version.

tcpdump is your friend...

christos