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