Hi folks,

I'm trying to boot a Shark with the help of a RiscPC running a more-or-less-
current NetBSD.
After losing a lot of time and nerves with bootp, tftp and the like and
having problems with the network card, I switched to DHCP.
My /etc/dhcpd.conf looks like this:

option domain-name "daheim.net";
subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {}
host shark {
	hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:81:64:b1;
	fixed-address 10.0.0.2;
	filename "/usr/shark/SHARK_netboot";
	option root-path "/usr/shark/root";
}

The RiscPC is called riscpc and has the address 10.0.0.1 in case you need to
know this. I have a PC running FreeBSD or Linux on the same Subnet so I can
check the network, pinging between the RiscPC and the PC works fine so the
network is OK.
I have enabled dhcp in /etc/rc.conf.
When the Shark tries to boot, dhcpd logs several lines like this:

Nov  9 00:47:57 localhost dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:2b:81:64:b1 via ne0
Nov  9 00:47:57 localhost dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 10.0.0.2 to 08:00:2b:81:64:b1
via ne0

But the Shark still only says this:

Boot device: /isa/ethernet  Arguments:
DHCP discover failed; restarting
DHCP discover failed; restarting
..

Does anybody have an idea what's going wrong? Hmm, could it be a problem that
I didn't create /usr/shark/root yet? This just occurred to me and I don't
want to boot NetBSD again tonight.
/usr/shark/SHARK_netboot does exist, naturally, and is world readable.

I'd be glad if somebody could help me.
-- 
So long, Markus

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