You need to set your broadcast address to 255.255.255.255 on you server
machine.  If you look at the tcpdump, the bootparm requests are being
sent there.  


Logan Bowers

Bernd Walter wrote:
> 
> >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
> 
> --
> B.Walter              COSMO-Project         http://www.cosmo-project.de
> ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de