Subject: netbooting problems
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: None <jhb8@cornell.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/19/2000 12:55:54
Anyone have experience with getting netbooting to work? I have a
DECStation 5000/200 which I'm trying to netboot. I've setup BOOTP, TFTP,
NFS, and the client's filesystem on a x86 machine running FreeBSD. I've
overridden the default boot device order by setting the boot path
environment variable to "6/tftp." I'm pretty sure this is the correct
slot number for the default motherboard ethernet. Running cnfg reveals
no other NICs. The PROMs are KNO2-AA v5.3t, which according to the docs
have "no known problems TFTP booting." I've already tested the TFTP
server and it seems to be working fine... I can get the boot kernel
sitting in the /tftpboot directory.
When I restart the machine, it simply hangs. Hitting control-C and
manually booting by running boot 6/tftp also causes it to hang. Any
suggestions as to what the problem might be?
ji