>b le()
Boot: le(0,0,0) 
Using IP Address 10.1.1.44 = 0A01012C
Booting from tftp server at 10.1.1.23 = 0A010117
Downloaded 18432 bytes from tftp server.

>> NetBSD netboot [$Revision: 1.7 $]
Using IP Address 10.1.1.44 = 0A01012C
net_open: client addr: 10.1.1.44
bootparamd: 'whoami' call failed
net_open: bootparam/whoami RPC failed
netboot: devopen failed

tcpdump on the boot-server shows:
[...]
17:22:04.204013 rarp who-is 8:0:20:1:a5:83 tell 8:0:20:1:a5:83
17:22:04.213456 rarp reply 8:0:20:1:a5:83 at 10.1.1.44
17:22:04.253934 rarp who-is 8:0:20:1:a5:83 tell 8:0:20:1:a5:83
17:22:04.263295 rarp reply 8:0:20:1:a5:83 at 10.1.1.44
17:22:04.299911 10.1.1.44.1023 > 255.255.255.255.111:  udp 96
17:22:24.278756 10.1.1.44.1023 > 255.255.255.255.111:  udp 96
17:22:44.883593 10.1.1.44.1023 > 255.255.255.255.111:  udp 96
17:23:23.842609 10.1.1.44.1023 > 255.255.255.255.111:  udp 96

Here is the boot-server:
ticso@cicely21# ps -ax | grep bootpa
12433 ?? Is    0:00.05 rpc.bootparamd -s -r 10.1.1.8 
15120 p0 S+    0:00.06 grep bootpa 
ticso@cicely21# ps -ax | grep rpcbind
  123 ?? Is    0:00.93 /usr/sbin/rpcbind -l 
15124 p0 RV    0:00.00 grep rpcbind (tcsh)
ticso@cicely21# ifconfig le0
le0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        media: Ethernet 10baseT
        status: active
        inet 10.1.1.23 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe1d:8341%le0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        inet6 3ffe:400:8d0:301::3 prefixlen 64
ticso@cicely21# cat /etc/bootparams 
cicely42        root=10.1.1.23:/var/d27/boot/cicely42 gateway=10.1.1.8:0xffffff00
ticso@cicely21# rpcinfo | grep bootparam
    100026    1    udp       0.0.0.0.2.118          bootparam  superuser
ticso@cicely21# host 10.1.1.44
44.1.1.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer cicely42.cicely.de
ticso@cicely21# host cicely42
cicely42.cicely.de has address 10.1.1.44
cicely42.cicely.de mail is handled (pri=10) by mail.cicely.de
ticso@cicely21# uname -a
NetBSD cicely21.cicely.de 1.5U NetBSD 1.5U (CICELY21) #3: Sat Apr 28 23:04:38 CEST 2001     ticso@cicely21.cicely.de:/net/10.1.1.22/var/d21/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/CICELY21 sparc

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ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de