Subject: Re: last snapshot


> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Maxime Kurkdjian wrote:
>
> > i'm trying to install the last snapshot on my mvme167
> > installation over network (tftp, rarp, bootparam, nfs)
> > when i try to mount my nfs to dump miniroot on the disk i got the
> > following error.
>
> > > ssh: mount -r 192.168.1.1:/tftproot/root_netbsd /mnt
> > > mount_nfs: can't get net id for host/nfs: servname not supported
for
> > ai_socktype
> > > ssh:
>
> > what does that mean ?
>
> It means you need to upgrade your /etc directory. There are a number
of
> changes between 1.4.x and 1.5 which require /etc to be upgraded.
the /etc directory come from the miniroot. netbsd-rd.gz that i just
gunziped from the netbsd ftp site.
doest it mean that the /etc directory from the miniroot from the ramdisk
is not up to date ?
i don't think that the /etc directory of the server is concerned.

>
> To get you out of your predicament, grab /etc/netconfig and
/etc/services.
>
> Cheers, Steve
>
>