From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 23 16:21:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA12288 for current-outgoing; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:21:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA12282 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:21:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id KAA00911; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:51:00 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703240021.KAA00911@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: bootparamd on current In-Reply-To: <199703232032.PAA24776@gaboon.nai.net> from Stan Voket at "Mar 23, 97 03:32:48 pm" To: asv@gaboon.nai.net (Stan Voket) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:51:00 +1030 (CST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stan Voket stands accused of saying: > > Is there a known problem with bootparamd on -current? How -current? > I can net boot my Sun 3's using bootparamd on 2.1.7R but not from -current. > (using same /etc/bootparams file). I'm booting two Sun 3/60's and a 4/75, as well as an HP9000/425 and a Mips M/2000 off a roughly-2.2 system with no trouble at all. > Initially, booting seems to work and the client gets it's boot path but it > never completes booting and complains "bootparamd not responding. Perhaps the output of 'tcpdump -vvNt' (with perhaps some more qualifiers if you're on a busy network) would be of help here. > Stan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[