Okay. tftpd and bootpd are confirmed as running.
I don't even get a request from the DECSystem.
upon:

boot 3/tftp

all I get it the debug trap.

-Matt

> > > Is there any solution to this problem? An alternative
> > > way I can get the DECSystem booting or?
> > Make sure your tftpd/bootpd are set up properly. Set them to be more
> > verbose and then watch the messages they generate. It's my guess that
> > that's what's wrong. Your bootp server should be specifying netbsd.ecoff
> > as a boot image (bf=netbsd.ecoff).
> 
> Thus far I haven't gotten any information from bootpd or tftpd.
> I'll keep trying.