Hi, never mind. I found the problem and solution. I haven't enabled
rcpbind in /etc/rc.conf. 

thanks, Stefan


> Hi,
> 
> I would like to boot over the network a sun3. the server is an alpha
> with netbsd 1.5.
> 
> phase I - rarp works fine. the client gets its IP, but
> phase II - bootparam doesn't work. rpc.bootparamd -d dies with the
> following error:
> "rcp.bootparamd: unable to register BOOTPARAMPROGRAM proc version 1,
> udp".
> 
> what does it mean?
> 
> any enlightment in my confusion is more than welcome.
> 
> - Stefan