Trond Endrestøl wrote:

|> > ----- /etc/hosts ------
|> > 192.168.0.3     ra ra.chez.moi
|> > 192.168.0.4     test.chez.moi test
|> > ------------------------
|> > ----- /etc/bootparams ------
|> > ra root=Zeus:/export/home/client/root
|> > test root=Zeus:/export/home/client/root
|> > ------------------------
|> 
|> Is the IP address of Zeus defined somewhere?
|> In DNS or in /etc/hosts ?

Good point. It needs to be defined in the _client_'s /etc/hosts
because at the time it tries to mount "/" the client does not yet
have NIS or DNS clients running.

But the OP's machine did not get that far - the "whoami" failure
indicates either a dead or unknowing bootparamd or some low-level
network problem.

	Volker