Re: Problems netbooting OpenBSD

Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Dec 2015 09:50:03 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Stuart,

Stuart Henderson wrote:
> It seems like the IP 10.0.0.10 is set OK via rarp, based on that the
> > >>file 0A00000A.SUN4C is being requested. However that seems to be as
> > >>far as it gets. After this it is in an endless loop sending a new
> > >>request over and over. tftpd sends the first block of boot.net binary,
> > >>doesn't get a response and tries this five times before the SUN gives
> > >>up and sends a new request. If I tftp localhost I can get the
> > >>0A00000A.SUN4C file without any issues.

do you have perhaps by chance a third computer in that subnet to tftp 
from, instead of using localhost? That may guarantee that tftp is 
working besides local and that the problem restricts to some 
configuration of your venerable IPX.

Riccardo