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On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	Have you run MAKEDEV in the exported dev directory?

yeah! this solved my problem. i can only keep the ie0 alive for about  10-15
minutes, though.  just stops responding (to everything including ICMP_ECHOs).

any clues there?

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   bengt-erik norum,  bnorum@fsr.com
   anagram'ized:  Be Kermit Gnu Ron
   http://www.misc.org/geeks/bnorum/

> On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Bengt-Erik Norum wrote:
> > i've got this sun3/160 with no xy, sd, or st.  it has an onboard ie ethernet
> > device that i'm attempting to boot from.
> > 
> > i've installed the binary distribution, a swap file, and a generic kernel in an
> > nfs accessible space and a copy of "netboot" in the appropriate location for
> > tftpd on the "server" box.
> > 
> > i fear an ethernet problem/conflict.  a series of errors along the lines of
> > ie0: TDR detected an open 8197 clocks away
> > ie0: receiver not ready
> > ie0: reset
> > plague me.
> > 
> > it successfully boots the kernel but won't get any further...  if i look at the
> > "server" box, the nfs mounts dissapear as soon as i get the kernel has finished
> > mounting.
> > 
> > oh, btw, i'm using an acsys ethernet trans. to a 10Mb switched segment.
> > 
> > any clues?  is init hosed?  transcript of a standard session below...
> > 
> > --
> >    bengt-erik norum,  bnorum@fsr.com
> >    anagram'ized:  Bunk Erg Met I Ron
> >    http://www.misc.org/geeks/bnorum/
> > 
> > >b ie() -s
> > Boot: ie(0,0,0) -s
> > Using IP Address 207.141.24.252 = CF8D18FC
> > Booting from tftp server at 207.141.24.36 = CF8D1824
> > Downloaded 14336 bytes from tftp server.
> > 
> > >> NetBSD netboot [$Revision: 1.5 $]
> > Using IP Address 207.141.24.252 = CF8D18FC
> > boot: client addr: 207.141.24.252
> > boot: client name: retro
> > boot: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
> > boot: net gateway: 207.141.24.36
> > boot: server addr: 207.141.24.36
> > boot: server path: /usr/export/retro
> > 725304+35820+81316+[58320+56227]=0xe9a3f
> > Starting program at 0x4000
> > sun3_save_symtab:  found 58320 + 56227
> > console is zstty0 (ttya)
> > [ preserving 114551 bytes of netbsd symbol table ]
> > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> >         The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> > 
> > NetBSD 1.2 (GENERIC) #89: Thu Oct  3 18:08:02 EDT 1996
> >     gwr@bach:/play/gwr/netbsd/build/sys/arch/sun3/compile/GENERIC
> > Model: Sun 3/160 (hostid 1101429a)
> > fpu: mc68881
> > [...probing of client box deleted for brevity's sake...]
> > root on ie0
> > swap on ie0
> > dump on ie0
> > nfs_boot: using network interface 'ie0'
> > ie0: TDR detected a short 4096 clocks away
> > nfs_boot: client_addr=0xcf8d18fc
> > ie0: TDR detected a short 4096 clocks away
> > nfs_boot: server_addr=0xcf8d1824
> > nfs_boot: hostname=retro
> > root on 207.141.24.36:/usr/export/retro
> > WARNING: bad date in battery clock -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
> > swap on 207.141.24.36:/usr/export/swap
> > ie0: receiver not ready
> > ie0: reset
> > ie0: TDR detected a short 4096 clocks away
> > ie0: receiver not ready
> > ie0: reset
> > ie0: TDR detected a short 4096 clocks away
> > ie0: receiver not ready
> > ie0: reset
> > [...repeats until the box is power cycled...]

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