are you sure bootp is working?  try running tcpdump on your server while
you try the 'boot 6/tftp' and make sure you see the bootp negotiation.


On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 jhb8@cornell.edu wrote:

> 
>     Anyone have experience with getting netbooting to work?  I have a 
> DECStation 5000/200 which I'm trying to netboot.  I've setup BOOTP, TFTP, 
> NFS, and the client's filesystem on a x86 machine running FreeBSD.  I've 
> overridden the default boot device order by setting the boot path 
> environment variable to "6/tftp."  I'm pretty sure this is the correct 
> slot number for the default motherboard ethernet.  Running cnfg reveals 
> no other NICs.  The PROMs are KNO2-AA v5.3t, which according to the docs 
> have "no known problems TFTP booting."  I've already tested the TFTP 
> server and it seems to be working fine... I can get the boot kernel 
> sitting in the /tftpboot directory.
> 
>     When I restart the machine, it simply hangs.  Hitting control-C and 
> manually booting by running boot 6/tftp also causes it to hang.  Any 
> suggestions as to what the problem might be?
> 
> 
> 
> ji
>