> > >       My second problem doesn't seem to have to do with the vax boot loader,
> > > but I may as well mention it.
> > >
> > > mopd seems to _always_ fail on the first boot attempt.  From a fresh boot,
> > > or from a fresh invocation, the first boot request fails.  Subsequent boot
> > > attempts are fine.  Again, the server's running under NetBSD-1.3.3-alpha.
> >
> > This might be a bug in the mopd. I never got such a thing in the mop-phase. Got
> > problems in getting bootparams every second time, but mopd always worked. It's
> > running under Linux here.
> 
> I've experienced the same problem with the mopd, also running 1.3.2-vax (I think -
> the last formal 1.3 release, not snapshot). If run in fg mode, it would show the
> first request, then just sit there for a while. If you halt the machine you're
> trying to boot, and try again, it will operate correctly. Just fails on the first
> attempted boot after loading mopd.
> 
> 
Come to think of it, I've had that same issue using mopd (not sure which
version) on FreeBSD.  Not really a problem, just an annoyance, if you ask
me.

Regards,
John Havard