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Date:      Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:51:00 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        asv@gaboon.nai.net (Stan Voket)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bootparamd on current
Message-ID:  <199703240021.KAA00911@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199703232032.PAA24776@gaboon.nai.net> from Stan Voket at "Mar 23, 97 03:32:48 pm"

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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

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