Subject: Re: mop boot VAX3900 failed
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: SHAUN RIPLEY <vax3900@yahoo.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/07/2004 06:27:50
--- Jochen Kunz <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:54:29 -0800 (PST)
> SHAUN RIPLEY <vax3900@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I follow the steps described in the website
> >
>
http://www.pimpworks.org/dec/vaxarchive/swdist/bsd/bdc/VAX-netboot-HOWTO.html
> Maybe you should chek the NetBSD diskless HOWTO on
> the NetBSD web site.
> It seams to be newer then this document. Newer
> NetBSD booters do DHCP /
> bootp first, and RARP only as a fallback.
I will try this second.

> 
> > #more /etc/ethers
> > 0800:2b:09:7c:bc vaxclient
>    ^^ : missing
> 
It was a typo I made when I wrote this email :)

> > #ls -l /tftpboot/mop
> > MOPBOOT.SYS boot.mop
> > (Note: MOPBOOT.SYS is linked to boot.mop file)
> You need to make s symlink with the MAC address of
> the client to
> boot.mop:
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  8 Dec 29  2002
> 08002b097cbc.SYS -> boot.mop
I will try this first
Thank you!

> (Note lower case letters in the MAC part, upper case
> .SYS)
> -- 
> 
> 
> tschüß,
>        Jochen
> 
> Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
> 

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