I recall a bug in dhcp that causes this problem.  I also had trouble 
with it yonks ago when I installed a version of Debian Potato Linux on 
an Indy (the Indy's PSU died shortly thereafter, so I had no fun with it 
:-( )

On the indy I had to unsetenv netaddr, before it would work:

	unsetenv netaddr

Otherwise it does not boot from the dhcp/tftp server properly.  I also 
found that my O2(R10k) boots fine if I use dhcp3 instead.  Just install 
dhcp3-server instead (I'm guesing you have the older version of dhcp 
installed).

Sheesh, finally I can make a contribution on this list :-)  Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Izak

Steve Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is directly related to the NetBSD but this seems
> the best place to ask.  I'm trying to do a netboot on an O2 R5K (details
> at end), but for some reason the bootp loader never seems to get the
> image sent to it.
> 
> More detail: tftp is setup up on a Debian machine (I've tried tftpd and
> atftpd) with the root set to /usr/local/sgimips-netboot (also with -s on
> the commandline).  My dhcp setup looks like:
> 
> host o2 {
>     option host-name "o2";
>     hardware ethernet 08:00:69:05:xx:xx;
>     fixed-address 192.168.x.x;
>     server-name "[tftp-server-ip]:/usr/local/sgimips-netboot";
> }
> 
> "netbsd-sgimips" is the snapshot image from 20031120.
> 
> Booting into the prom I set the netaddr and issue the following command:
> 
>     boot bootp():/netbsd-sgimips
> 
> I can see the tftp server start sending the file, both in the logs and
> using tethereal, but the O2 never seems to receive the packets, and
> eventually quits with an "invalid bootfile" message.
> 
> Has anyone seen this sort of thing before?  Any tips would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> System details:
> ---------------
> 
> 
>>hinv
> 
>                    System: IP32
>                 Processor: 200 Mhz R5000, with FPU
>      Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
>      Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
>      Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes
>               Memory size: 320 Mbytes
>                  Graphics: CRM, Rev C
>                     Audio: A3 version 1
>                 SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(1)
>                SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
> 
> 
>>printenv
> 
> AutoLoad=Yes
> dbaud=9600
> volume=80
> sgilogo=y
> TimeZone=PST8PDT
> monitor=h
> crt_option=1
> diskless=0
> diagmode=v
> osloadoptions=auto
> netaddr=192.168.x.x
> console=d
> SystemPartition=bootp():
> OSLoader=netbsd-sgimips
> OSLoadPartition=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)
> OSLoadFilename=/unix
> ConsoleOut=serial(0)
> ConsoleIn=serial(0)
> cpufreq=200
> eaddr=08:00:69:05:xx:xx
> videostatus=illegal_env_var
> 
> 
>>version
> 
> PROM Monitor (BE)
> Wed Jan 30 09:30:17 PST 2002
> VERSION 4.17
> O2 R5K/R7K/R10K/R12K
> IRIX 6.5.x IP32prom IP32PROM-v4
>                                                                                                                                                          
> 
> 
> 


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