> > > This happens with my VS3100s and the uVaxII.  I think I have everything
> > > done correctly, but I can never boot the vaxen.  It gives me the
> > > following on the console:
> > >
> > > boot: client IP address 10.17.72.1
> > > bootparamd: 'whoami' call failed
> > > Unknown error: code 60
> > >
> > > It does this three times, and then times out, I'm guessing.  I don't
> > > know what is wrong.  It gets the bootloader and then stops.
> > >
> > This have happened sometimes, depending on other machines on the net
> > sending some bootparam failure messages to the vax. At least IRIX
> > machines may do this, don't know about others.
> > 
> Any ideas on what to fix?  I guess it may be FreeBSD acting all screwy. 
>
Probably not, FreeBSD use to work rather well when netbooting VAXen. 
Do you have any other machines on your network? Do tcpdump on the 
VAX ethernet address and see what type of packets it actually receives.

-- Ragge