>> 	Now, here is the question of the day:  why does SunOS netboot
>> work and netbsd's does not? 
>
>Probably some bug in the NetBSD/sun3 netboot implementation.
>The netboot program works on many machines, but may have a
>problem related to the PROM revision.  (I'm guessing.)
>
>What PROM revision does your Sun3/50 say at power-on?
>

I have a ROM revision 2.3 on my sun 3/50 and I get the same behavior as he
is getting when I'm trying to netboot mine. I'm also using the 1.2c netboot
for this. Do you have any suggestions? 

James