On Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:14:52 -0600 (CST) 
 Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com> wrote:

 > Usually this means you need to create a file in /tftpboot on the NFS 
 > server whose name is the IP address as an 8-digit hexadecimal number.  
 > That is, 192.0.0.1 would be C0000001, and you could create a dummy file 
 > for the NetBSD box with
 > 
 > 	touch /tftpboot/C0000001
 > 
 > Also, double check that you have lines /etc/ethers, /etc/hosts, and
 > /etc/bootparams corresponding to your machine's Ethernet (MAC)
 > address/IP/hostname. 

Yah, this is probably the case.  NetBSD's rarpd no longer strictly 
requires this, but I don't know about FreeBSD's.

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