> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 17:38:42 +0100
> From: Alain Durand <Alain.Durand@imag.fr>

> Hi everybody.
> 
> I'm trying to boot NetBSD10A on a sun 3/60 (indra.imag.fr) other the network
> using Gordon Ross instructions.
> 
> I got the station finding the bootparam server (a SUN solaris 2.4 box, not 
> running NIS)
> with the bootparams:
> *  root=129.88.27.31:/export/indra/root swap=129.88.27.31:/export/indra/swap
> 
> If I put anything like indra, indra.imag.fr, 129.88.27.30 (indra's IP address)
> instead of *, it just doe not work..
> Then, indra starts booting, with:
> 
> > b le() -ds
> Using IP Address 129.88.28.30 = 81581B1E
> Booting from tftp serevr at 129.88.27.30 = 81581B1F
> Downloaded 101800 bytes from tftp server
> hostname indra.imag.fr
> Boot: null domain returned by bootparam server

You should set a domain name on your server (a fake one will do).

> server name '129.88.27.31'
> root pathname '/export/indra/root'
> root on 129.88.27.31:/export/indra/root fstype nfs
> Boot: vmunix
> Size: 522616+111920+63376
> console on zs0 (ttya)
> DDB: found symbols [41112 + 43917 bytes]
> Stopped at      _Debugger+0x6:  unlk    a6
> db>
> db>c
> Copyright ....
[...]
> nfs_boot: using network interface 'le0'
> nfs_boot: client_addr=0x81581b1e
> nfs_boot: server_addr=0x81581b1f
> nfs_boot: hostname=indra.imag.fr
> root on 129.88.27.31:/export/indra/root
> swap on 129.88.27.31:/export/indra/swap
> 
> Then nothing...?
> 
> What have I done wrong?

If you run etherfind on the server you will probably find that the
client is trying to do its NFS mount and the server is refusing it.
Make sure the mountd is started with the "-n" flag on the server.

Gordon