Random ideas:

	Have you tried exactly the same kernel as him
	A bootp request (as opposed to a bootparams) suggests hes using
	quite a new kernel (maybe - my pmax knowledge is limited here)	


	Is the IP address of the Decstation on the same net as the
	booting machine (and in fact really close enough that any
	oddity with netmasks will leave it on the same net).
	Are you using a different netmask to the 'default' ' for your
	net (assuming old 'classfull' networking).


		David/absolute

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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Krister Walfridsson wrote:

> I'm still having problem netbooting my Decstation 5000/20...
> 
> Richard van den Berg has the same PROM version etc., and has been
> nice enough to send me a tcpdump of his system netbooting, and it is
> really interesting. Our pmaxes does exactly the same things, including
> the tftp error in the end of kernel loading (observe that there is a 
> bug in our tftpd that says "success" in the log even if the computer
> fetching the file sends an error packet. I'll fix that soon.) But my
> machine stays quiet, while his sends a bootprequest to get the nfs
> file handle...
> 
> I have two pmaxes, and they gives the same result, so I don't think 
> it is faulty hardware, and I have tried a couple of kernels (1.2 and 
> 1.3.x) with the same result...
> 
> Any suggestions what I should try now?
> 
>    /Krister
> 
>