Subject: Re: Problem booting Indy
To: None <port-sgimips@netbsd.org>
From: Scott Barron <sb125499@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 01/13/2002 02:58:01
On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 01:19:28AM -0500, Scott Barron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having a small problem getting an Indy booted and was wondering if
> anyone could help me out. Here's what I've got: I serial console into
> the Indy and can get it to pull the kernel via tftp and boot that. I
> have dhcpd answer the bootp request, which it does as shown by syslog.
> When the kernel tries to mount / via NFS, however, it times out. When I
> watch the traffic with tcpdump I can see the initial bootp request and
> then the tftp transfer of the kernel but after that I never see dhcp or
> NFS traffic on the wire. My NFS is set up correctly as I have a VAX
> mounting its / from this machine via NFS, so I've ruled that out. I
> can't figure out why I wouldn't be seeing the dhcp or NFS traffic after
> the kernel boots. Anyone got any ideas about this? I have dhcpd serve
> up the same IP address as I set in the PROM on the Indy and it seems to
> work OK to tftp the kernel, so I'm at a loss. Thanks for any help.
>
> Thanks,
> -Scott
Nevermind, problem solved! I found a link to the stuff on mrynet.com
and managed to get an ftp install going on the Indy. All is well ...
for now.
Thanks,
-Scott