Matt Shirts wrote:

>Hello-
>
>I have a couple of G3 (blue and white) macs that are giving me fits! A
>number of these macs (11 in all) boot just fine, the remaining two however
>are quite perplexing. The only difference between those that do and those
>that do not, appears to be the non-booters are Rev B. (Dual IDE drive
>carrier) versions running Open Firmware 3.1.1. Those that boot are G3 Rev A.
>(Single IDE drive carrier) running Open Firmware 3.1.0.
>
>First issue:
>
>When I attempt to boot a Rev B. mac, The bootp server responds with the
>following:
>
>Dec 14 16:26:14 bootpd[24607]: recvd pkt from IP addr 0.0.0.0
>Dec 14 16:26:14 bootpd[24607]: bootptab mtime: Fri Dec 14 16:24:16 2001
>Dec 14 16:26:14 bootpd[24607]: request from Ethernet address
>00:50:E4:10:E9:7D
>Dec 14 16:26:14 bootpd[24607]: unknown client Ethernet address
>00:50:E4:10:E9:7D
>Dec 14 16:26:19 bootpd[24607]: recvd pkt from IP addr 0.0.0.0
>Dec 14 16:26:19 bootpd[24607]: bootptab mtime: Fri Dec 14 16:24:16 2001
>Dec 14 16:26:19 bootpd[24607]: request from Ethernet address
>00:50:E4:10:E9:7D
>Dec 14 16:26:19 bootpd[24607]: unknown client Ethernet address
>00:50:E4:10:E9:7D
>Dec 14 16:26:25 bootpd[24607]: recvd pkt from IP addr 0.0.0.0
>Dec 14 16:26:25 bootpd[24607]: bootptab mtime: Fri Dec 14 16:24:16 2001
>Dec 14 16:26:25 bootpd[24607]: request from Ethernet address
>00:50:E4:10:E9:7D
>Dec 14 16:26:25 bootpd[24607]: unknown client Ethernet address
>00:50:E4:10:E9:7D
>
>And here is a Rev A. mac...:
>
>tail -f /var/log/messages
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: bootptab mtime: Fri Dec 14 16:24:16 2001
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: request from Ethernet address
>00:05:02:5F:C8:93
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: found 10.13.49.79 (mac1)
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: bootfile="/netbsd-mac1"
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: vendor magic field is 99.130.83.99
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: request message length=548
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: extended reply, length=548, options=312
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: sending reply (with RFC1048 options)
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: setarp 10.13.49.79 - 00:05:02:5F:C8:93
>Dec 14 16:30:46 bootpd[24607]: arp -d 10.13.49.79; arp -s 10.13.49.79
>00:05:02:5F:C8:93 temp
>
>Here are my bootptab entries:
>
>mactest:\
>        :ht=1:ha="00:05:E4:10:E9:7D":\
>        :ip=10.13.49.75:\
>        :gw=10.13.49.254:\
>        :rp=/usr/tftpboot/mac:\
>        :sa=10.13.49.100:\
>        :sm=255.255.255.0:\
>        :td=/usr/tftpboot:\
>        :bf=netbsd-mac1:\
>        :vm=rfc1048:
>mac1:\
>        :ht=1:ha="00:05:02:5F:C8:93":\
>        :ip=10.13.49.79:\
>        :gw=10.13.49.254:\
>        :rp=/usr/tftpboot/mac/mac1:\
>        :sa=10.13.49.100:\
>        :sm=255.255.255.0:\
>        :td=/usr/tftpboot:\
>        #:bf=netbsd-mac-LATEST
>        :bf=netbsd-mac1:\
>
>I have specifically altered the :rp entry on mactest to prevent it from
>booting, should I get past the 'Server not responding, Can't open enet:0'
>error message when attempting to netboot. The bootp server is running NetBSD
>1.4.3.
>
>Second issue:
>
>After obtaining a home-brewed kernel (designated BLUEG3NETBOOT), I was able
>to netboot a G3 Rev A. mac AND use my usb keyboard, a feat I could not
>accomplish with the netbsd.GENERIC included on the netbsd 1.5.2 macppc iso
>image. I believe I successfully ran sysinst to install 1.5.2 to the local
>ide HDD (which apparently isn't supported by netbsd.ram on the 1.5.2 iso),
>but I have not been able to figure out the magic boot command to boot the
>HDD from Open Firmware. Can anyone shed some light on this one?
>
>I appreciate everyone's time, patience, and any assistance you may have to
>offer. If you need any additional information, please don't hesitate to
>contact me and I'll be happy to provide any additional data. Thank you all
>so much!
>
>Warmest Holiday Wishes,
>
>Matt Shirts
>SQA Lab Guy
>Redback Networks, Inc.
>(408) 382-8414
>
Just to let you know that I netbooted my Blue and White OF 3.1.1 just 
fine following the
howto's, readmes and other posts that you need to find :)

Using a tool such as tcpdump or Ethereal (www.ethereal.com - free) are 
very nice for
seeing how far the packets go.

In fact since neither FreeBSD or OpenBSD will run this box it will be 
Mac OS X and NetBSD
alone for now :)

Henrik Lund Kramshøj
hlk@kramse.dk