> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 22:30:15 +0100
> From: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
> 
> > > nfs_boot: timeout...
> 
> Those 3 timeouts (it's always three) are because the code asks
> the bootparamd for a "gateway". Normally, this is not configured,
> so what probably happens is that the bootparamd doesn't send a request,
> which the client sees as a timeout, and gives up after 3 attempts.
> 
> That's what I think anyway, I just bumped into this myself 2 days ago.
> 
> - Frank
> 

Oh... then those timeouts are my fault.  Perhaps we should #ifdef
out the section that asks for the "gatwawy" path, or make use a
request with no retrys...