Subject: Re: net boot problems
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Andrey Petrov <petrov@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/01/2003 12:20:50
Sounds as nfs server isn't actually started, make sure you
have rpcbind, mountd and nfsd running.

	Andrey

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 11:23:48AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> I'm trying to get my sparc system to netboot netbsd off my x86 box.
> 
> Fixing one thing after another has got me past the kernel file
> being opened using nfs, but it isn't being read to completion.
> 
> The system claims to be a SUN4M, has 64Mb of memory and will
> boot Solaris 8 of its hard disk.  It isn't a sun box...
> 
> The sparc system (teepee) console says:
> 
> ok boot net
> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma@4,8400010/le@4,8c00000  File and args: 
> Automatic network cable selection succeeded : Using TP Ethernet Interface 14a00 
> Server IP address: 192.168.0.1 
> Client IP address: 192.168.0.20 
> >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.13
> >> (dsl@snowdrop, Wed Jan 29 23:20:55 GMT 2003)
> Booting netbsd
> bootp: no reply
> Automatic network cable selection succeeded : Using TP Ethernet Interface 
> Using BOOTPARAMS protocol: ip address: 192.168.0.20, hostname: teepee.l8s.co.uk
> root addr=192.168.0.1 path=/sparc_root
> bootp: no reply
> Using BOOTP protocol: ip address: 192.168.0.20, hostname: teepee.l8s.co.uk, netmask: 255.255.255.0, gateway: 192.168.0.1
> root addr=192.168.0.1 path=/sparc_root
> Can't open NFS network connection on `/iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/ledma@4,8400010/le@4,8c00000'
> open netbsd: Unknown error: code 60
> : trying netbsd.gz...
> ....
> 
> I've run tcpdump, the 'bootp: no reply' are about 30 seconds, 4 messages:
> teepee.1023 > 255.255.255.255.sunrpc: [udp sum ok] udp 96 (ttl 64, id 0, len 124)
> 
> After the 'Using BOOTPARMS protocol' message, there is a bit of nfs traffic,
> 	lookup fh 2048,1/2 "netbsd"		this is GENERIC
> 	read fh 2048,1/3 1024 bytes @ 0
> 	read fh 2048,1/3 1024 bytes @ 1024
> 	read fh 2048,1/3 1024 bytes @ 2048
> 	read fh 2048,1/3 1024 bytes @ 3072
> 	read fh 2048,1/3 64 bytes @ 52
> 	read fh 2048,1/3 440 bytes @ 3071820
> All the responses are 'ok'.
> 
> It then times out bootp again, then 4 packets:
> 0.0.0.0.1020 > snowdrop.1021: [udp sum ok] udp 76 (ttl 64, id 0, len 104)
> 
> The 'Can't open NFS network connection...' messages don't generate any
> network traffic.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 	David
> 
> -- 
> David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk