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