On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 12:55:13PM +0100, Ronald van der Pol wrote:
> All machines are on shared Ethernet. I have sniffed this net with
> "tcpdump ether host ...". I ran "bootparamd -d". No debug output
> and only TFTP packets on the net (no BOOTPARAM WHOAMI). I have:
> 
> scotty  root=192.87.111.33:/export/NetBSD-1.5/scotty/root \
>         swap=192.87.111.33:/export/NetBSD-1.5/scotty/swap \
>         dump=192.87.111.33:/export/NetBSD-1.5/scotty/swap

You're missing a 'gateway' entry here. The netboot wants to have it,
even if you don't need it. Add a dummy entry if you wish. add
something like 'gateway=192.187.x.x:0xffffff00', and you
should get further.

See the NetBSD diskless(8) manual page for other details.

- Frank