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From: jms@tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith)
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Subject: Re: 3/80 Boot troubles continue!!
Keywords: Networks
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Date: 15 Jun 90 00:07:32 GMT
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In article <8394@brazos.Rice.edu> giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe) writes:

>When I start rpc.bootparamd in debug mode and then try to boot a client, I
>get the following error about 50 times (until the boot attempt times out)
>	bp_getclntent failed.

Have you verified that the name in /etc/bootparamd is the workstation's
primary name and not one of its aliases?

1) Verify that the workstation's ethernet address is in /etc/ethers.
	tardis% ypmatch 8:0:20:6:17:da ethers.byaddr
	8:0:20:6:17:da	romana

2) Determine the workstation's primary name, 2nd field in /etc/hosts.
	tardis% ypmatch romana hosts.byaddr
	131.146.99.99	romana romana.tymnet.com
  In this case, the primary name is "romana", the alias is "romana.tymnet.com"

3) Verify that the primary name is found in /etc/bootparams.
	tardis% ypmatch romana bootparams
	root=tardis:/export/root/romana swap=tardis:/export/swap/romana
   Note that if the two names for romana were swapped in /etc/hosts, then
   rpc.bootparamd would not find the client's entry in the YP map.

4) If needed, "touch /etc/hosts /etc/ethers /etc/bootparams; cd /var/yp;
   make".

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