> Ahh!  That is excellent information!  I too was wondering what the delay was
> in the boot process, as I use netbooting quite often.  Thanks!

BTW, I've had a look at the code, there are indeed explicit broadcasts in
src/sys/lib/libsa/boot{p,param}.c
I suppose most people have the rarp/tftp and bootparam server running on the
same machine, right ? So, trying first a direct connection to the tftp host
and, if this fails, reverting to a broadcast, would be a better solution.

If anyone is interested I'll code this change.

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  Miod Vallat
  miodrag@ifrance.com