Hi Gregory,
thanks !

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> From: Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@qut.edu.au>
> To: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
> Subject: Re: How DECstation boots with NetBSD kernel -- Re: diskless
5000/200
> Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 4:35 PM

> A couple of comments:
> 
>  - I have my hexadecimal hardware address in lowercase.
>  - I have an entry "ht=ethernet".
>  - I have an "hd=/tftpboot" and use "rp=/root_path" for nfs root systems.
>  - field should be 'tc=.def'.
>  - I don't know whether the later options override the earlier ones.  If
this
>    is the case then you have a 'bf=null' overriding your entry.  Maybe
>    rearranging your options.

After rearranging, my bootptab looks like:

joker# cat bootptab
.def:sm=255.255.255.0:dn=ecubuero:vm=rfc1048:bs=auto:hd=/tftpboot

snoopy:tc=.def:ip=192.168.1.83:ht=ethernet:ha=08002b1d2bb7:bf=netbsd.ecoff

and now i get with "bootpd -d8"

joker# bootpd -d8
bootpd: info(6):   bootptab mtime: Mon Jul 13 16:19:26 1998
bootpd: info(6):   reading "/etc/bootptab"
bootpd: info(6):   read 2 entries (1 hosts) from "/etc/bootptab"
bootpd: info(6):   recvd pkt from IP addr 192.168.1.83
bootpd: info(6):   bootptab mtime: Mon Jul 13 16:19:26 1998
bootpd: info(6):   request from IP addr 192.168.1.83
bootpd: info(6):   found 192.168.1.83 (snoopy)
bootpd: info(6):   bootfile="/tftpboot/netbsd.ecoff"
bootpd: info(6):   vendor magic field is 0.0.0.0
bootpd: info(6):   sending reply (with RFC1048 options)
bootpd: info(6):   recvd pkt from IP addr 192.168.1.83
bootpd: info(6):   bootptab mtime: Mon Jul 13 16:19:26 1998
bootpd: info(6):   request from IP addr 192.168.1.83
bootpd: info(6):   found 192.168.1.83 (snoopy)
bootpd: info(6):   bootfile="/tftpboot/netbsd.ecoff"
........

still doesn't boot & get a timeout on snoopy :-((

thanks,
emanuel