Subject: dhcp/bootp woes
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Dan J Fraser <dfraser@mother.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/12/1999 22:08:18
Hi. I'm trying to boot a diskless (well, floppy) machine using dhcpd's bootp
functionality.

My dhcpd.conf entry for the machine looks like this:

host wallmount {
  hardware ethernet 00:80:AD:B0:9B:68;
  fixed-address wallmount.capybara.org;
  option root-path "192.168.1.1:/var/export/wallmount/root";
}

And dhcpd sends this: 

22:04:50.860575 beorn.capybara.org.bootps > 255.255.255.255.bootpc:
xid:0x1ffffff Y:192.168.1.5 S:beorn.capybara.org vend-rfc1048
SM:255.255.255.0 DG:beorn.capybara.org NS:beorn.capybara.org
DN:"capybara.org" [tos 0x10]

Notice something missing?  The rootpath?  Maybe that's why the client dies
like this:  

nfs_boot: getfh - no pathname

So, what am I doing wrong?

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