I finally got my Sparc 1 to get past the mountd swap error by setting the 
exports on the server to the mount point of the partition.   Alas, 
success has eluded me again, as now I have a new stumbling block.

nfs_boot finishes and I get the following:

root on boot9:/usr/sparc
WARNING: clock lost 9631 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
swap on boot9:/usr/sparc/swapfile

At this point the sparc hangs. L1-A will get me back to the boot ROM 'ok' 
prompt.

Does anyone know what to do about this?