Subject: New problem netbooting uVAX3300
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: None <marcio.pocciotti@db.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/21/1999 16:37:40
Dear friends,

I installed a DELQA card on the u3300 and now it starts the booting process. But
it stops at:

boot device: <unknown>
                    root device: qe0 <-- I type qe0
                    dump device:  <-- I type nothing, pressed enter
                    file system (default generic):  <- type nothing, pressed
enter

                    then, I get:

                    nfs_boot: trying RARP (and RPC/bootparam)
                    nfs_boot: client_addr=0xa104801
                    nfs_boot: timeout...
                    nfs_boot: timeout...
                    nfs_boot: timeout...
                    nfs_boot: bootparam whoami, error=60
                    no file system for qe0
                    cannot mount root, err = 79
                    root device (default qe0):

But there seems to a problem during nfs_boot: it needs RARP to find the boot
server again but it never sends the rarp packet on the network, therefore it
cannot mount the root filesystem. I watched the rarpd output on the console and
also the LED on the transceiver: it never sends the packet.
Maybe there is a problem with rarp on this kernel. (1.4)

I did some research on the archives but I couldn't find a definite solution for
this problem.
Could anyone point me on the right direction.

Thanks,

Marcio