Re: Netbooting a sparc64

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Chris Ross wrote:
> [- apologies for this near-duplicate of an earlier current-users post -]
>
> I have previously booted sparc64 machines from the same i386 I'm
>trying to use now, although it has been quite a while.  I think I must
>be doing something wrong, however.  I backed the i386 back down to
>netbsd-5 (5.1_RC1) and am having the same problems, so I now don't
>worry that it's a -current bug.
>
>  I'm trying to netboot a Sun Netra X1.  rarpd is giving my host an
>address, and tftp is retrieving the ofwboot.net file from the i386
>host.  The next step, however, is a sunrpc (udp/111) request so that
>it can NFS mount root, and the i386 host seems never to respond.  I
>can see the incoming packets on the wire, but no responses going out.
>rpcinfo on the i386 host shows many things, including nfs and mountd.
>
>  Anyone have any idea what step I missed?

You haven't described how the sparc64 system is told where to look for the
NFS root. Are you using DHCP or rpc.bootparamd ?

Checking /etc/exports is probably a good idea too. You may need to add
the -alldirs and -maproot=root options.

Robert Swindells