Re: net install downloads bootloader program then complains about RARP request?

On 3 November 2012 21:07, Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kaya Saman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> {1} ok boot net bsd.mp
>> Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/network@2  File and args: bsd.mp
>> 100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>> Requesting Internet Address for 0:3:ba:9c:53:55
>>  >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.4
>> 100 Mbps full duplex  Link up
>> No response for RARP request
>
> Something odd is going on there.
>
> The firmware requests the IP address by RARP.  This eventually
> succeeds, but why does it take so many tries?  Later the bootstrap
> tries to request the IP address by RARP again, but it doesn't receive
> a reply.  Maybe it just doesn't retry as often as the firmware.
>
> It looks like RARP requests aren't answered reliably on your network.

I also had to set net.inet.icmp.maskrepl=1 on the FreeBSD host when I
tried to netboot Solaris 10 on my T1000 from my ThinkPad running
FreeBSD.


Sevan