Monday, November 22, 1999, 3:22:55 AM, Victor Hui wrote:

> I have been trying to netboot NetBSD 1.4.1 on an alpha 3000.  The
> bootp, tftp and nfs servers are on a Linux box.  The boot process
> went as far as loading the secondary loader but failed to fetch
> the netbsd kernel.  Can anyone help? 

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # my bootptab:
> X.X.X.Y:\
>         :ht=ethernet:ha=000000000000:\
>         :ip=192.168.1.2:sm=255.255.255.0:sa=192.168.1.1:\
>         :rp=/netbsd-alpha:bf=/netbsd-alpha/netboot:\
>         :hn:vm=rfc1084:to=auto:

I wish i saved my bootptab that worked on my 3000/300.  Only thing I
see missing might be :bs=auto.  Everything else looks appropriate.


> # my console output:
> # error message is at the end of the listing
>>>>
>>>> show config

> DEC 3000 - M700
> Digital Equipment Corporation
>      VPP PAL X5.48-82000101/OSF PAL X1.35-82000201 - Built on 11-MAR-1994 16:45:13.11

> TCINFO      DEVNAM        DEVSTAT
> ------      --------      --------
>                  CPU      OK KN17-BB -V3.3-56F1-I162-sV2.1-DECchip 21064A P2.0

Am I reading this right?  SRM firmware version 3.3?  You might want to try
something a little more recent.  I have SRM 7.0 on mine with no problems.  That
might be mucking up your netboot.


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