On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:21:56AM -0400, Neil Ludban wrote:
> 
> ISTR getting the same errors when the tftp server wasn't configured
> properly.  Try running tcpdump on the server, and manually tftp
> the file.  If that works, watch tcpdump while netbooting.  The
> output should be pretty self-explanatory.

aha:

13:03:49.860436 akagi.adc.rmit.edu.au.10 >
vulcanised.adc.rmit.edu.au.nfs: 104 lookup [|nfs]

13:03:49.860481 vulcanised.adc.rmit.edu.au > akagi.adc.rmit.edu.au:
icmp: vulcanised.adc.rmit.edu.au udp port nfs unreachable

DOH! user error. I dont have NFSSERVER compiled in :(

how dumb am i.

> 
> Also, watch the switch lights - I've got flakey hardware that
> occasionally doesn't auto-negotiate with the switch after being
> reset (which seems to be done several times during booting).

I had this last night with my PC (so now i use the other macppc
machine) where my switch just showed collisions for ever.

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