Hi All,

  Thanks very much, the latest scenario;

  model: Sun 3/60
  real mem = 8372224
  .
  .
  nfs_boot: hostname  = client
  root on machineA:/export/machineB/root
  swap on machineA:/export/machineB/swap

  and it hangs..... (but tcpdump shows nfs actvity on the wire)

  permissions, etc?? 
  /export/machineB/root/ is populated with
  base, comp, and etc ditributions

  mountd was run as,
  mountd -r -d, and the output was,

  Getting export list.
  Got line /export -alldirs -maproot=0:10 machineB
  Making new ep fs=0x20403,0x1
  doing opt -alldirs -maproot=0:10 machineB
  doing opt -maproot=0:10 machineB
  got host machineB
  Getting mount list.
  Here we go.
  /*
   * the above corresponds to /etc/exports only entry 
   * /export -alldirs -maproot=0:10 machineB
   * The below entries appeared when the sun started
   * it boot sequence
   */
  Mount successfull.
  Mount successfull.
  Mount successfull.
 
  /*
   * /export/machineB/root/etc/fstab entries,
   *
   * machineA:/export/machineB/root / nfs rw,-r=1024,-w=1024 
   * machineA:/export/machineB/x11r6 /usr/x11r6 nfs rw,-r=1024,-w=1024
   */

  The bootparamd output
  (which correspond to the 3 Mount successful(s) above) 

  
  machineA bootparamd: whoami got question for 192.168.0.2 
  machineA bootparamd: This is host machineB 
  machineA bootparamd: Returning machineB       192.168.0.1 
  machineA bootparamd: getfile got question for "machineB" and file "root" 
  machineA bootparamd: returning server:machineA
                path:/export/machineB/root address: 192.168.0.1 
  machineA bootparamd: whoami got question for 192.168.0.2 
  machineA bootparamd: This is host machineB 
  machineA bootparamd: Returning machineB       192.168.0.1 
  machineA bootparamd: getfile got question for "machineB" and file "root" 
  machineA bootparamd: returning server:machineA 
                path:/export/machineB/root address: 192.168.0.1 
  machineA bootparamd: getfile got question for "machineB" and file "swap" 
  machineA bootparamd: returning server:machineA 
                path:/export/machineB/swap address: 192.168.0.1 


 I have the tcpdump output at the server FreeBSD 2.1 end, if any one
 needs it (condensed).


 cheers,

 Diya