Subject: Re: net booting an IPC
To: peter waterland <peterwaterland@hotmail.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/30/2003 22:08:03
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 04:06:46PM +0000, peter waterland wrote:
> Ok..home now and i can give some more details..
> 
> nfsd for windows is Allegro NFS.
> dhcp software is..DHCP turbo by weird solutions who have disappeared from 
> the web.
> 
> sparc gets bootloader..gets kernel runs it and after DMESG i get this 
> output from the sparc:
> --------------------
> root on le0
> nfs_boot: trying DHCP/BOOTP
> nfs_boot: timeout...
> nfs_boot: timeout...
> nfs_boot: timeout...
> nfs_boot: trying RARP (and RPC/bootparam)
> revarp failed, error=51
> no file system for le0
> cannot mount root, error = 79
> root device (default le0):

It looks like the dhcp server isn't anserwing. Do you have a way to get some
debug output from the server ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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