Re: NetBSD 5.0, netboot error: cannot mount root, error = 79

[urbancamo <mark%wickensonline.co.uk@localhost>]

OK, so Martin Husemann kindly helped me fix this one.

I need to run a dhcp server (also on the i386 netbsd box serving the vax nfs
root) so that bootp could serve up the correct root. My /etc/dhcpd.conf file
contains:

%<-----------------------------------------------------
# Setting DHCPD global parameters
allow unknown-clients;

ddns-update-style ad-hoc;

# Set parameters for the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet.
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        range 192.168.1.21 192.168.1.70;
        default-lease-time 604800;
        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
        option domain-name-servers 212.23.6.100, 212.23.3.100;
        option domain-name "appsoftint.co.uk";
        option routers 192.168.1.20;

        host aleph {
                hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:34:4d:6f;
                fixed-address 192.168.1.248;
                next-server 192.168.1.252;
                option root-path "/export/aleph/root";
        }
}
%<-----------------------------------------------------

Of interest is the 'host aleph' section - aleph being the name of my vax,
with its' ethernet address and IP address to be assigned. The 'next-server'
entry points to my i386 netbsd box serving the nfs root partition from the
directory /export/aleph/root

Cheers, Mark.
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