On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Mike Dugas wrote:

> Ok-
> 
> 	I gave up on the tape boot, now I'm trying a network boot.  It all
> works, it FTPs netboot from the tftp server, then it tries to boot:
> 
> >> NetBSD netboot [$Revision: 1.2 $]
> 
> Then, I get this, for a reason which is beyond me:
> 
> Requesting Internet address for 8:0:20:0:xx:xx (it's ethernet address)
> 
> I'm running all the proper daemons, and, I found out by accident that the
> system boots if I copy netbsd-rd to vmunix and boot with a SunOS kernel :)
> Any suggestions?
> 


Ok, I've gotten around this.  Now, I get down to:

rd0 at mainbus0 fixed, 512 blocks

And it freezes right after that.

Aggh!  This is turning into a serious nightmare.

/mad