Subject: ...Almost got this 3/50 booted...
To: None <rbinder@sirius.UVic.CA>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 05/22/1995 10:43:25
> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 10:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rubin  Binder <rbinder@ugly.uvic.ca>

> Hello all, I am very close to netbooting NetBSD on my Sun 3/50 from
> my Linux machine.  I've worked hard to get this far :-)... and 
> won't stop until it works!  

Good!  These things take patience...

> Here's the situation:
> 
> Complete install of NetBSD in /export/netbsd.sun3... which is supposed
> to be the root in my intallation. /export/swap is the swap file.
> "Sun" is the 3/50, and "paradise" is the Linux box...
> 
> Here's what happens:
> 
> b le()

> root on paradise:/export/netbsd.sun3
> swap on paradise:/export/swap
> init: not found
> panic: no init
> Stopped at      _Debugger+0x6:  unlk    a6
> db> 
> 
> What does it mean???  What's at fault?  "init" is in the sbin directory
> (/export/netbsd.sun3/sbin).
> 
> Thanks for the support,
> Rubin.
> reply to rbinder@engr.uvic.ca

It generally means that the exec() of /sbin/init failed.
The most likely reason is the client "root" access being denied
on the server (converted to "nobody") where /sbin/init has
mode 0500 (owner only).  Try "chmod 0555 /sbin/init" ...

If this fixes it, the real fix it to make the server export the
client's root area with full "root" privileges. (export option)

Gordon