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From: davidp@skat.usc.edu (David Peterson)
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Subject: NetInfo problem
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Date: 1 Aug 90 02:52:45 GMT
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Hello,
	Does anyone have any idea why a NeXT running as a NetInfo parent
server for the past 7 months would suddenly crash then come back up
asking for a NetInfo parent server? (The crash wasn't sudden, it does
that now and then) Watching in the rom monitor shows when it starts
portmap it gets the problem (It pauses for a few seconds after
printing out portmap then says it can't find parent NetInfo server;
type c to continue without network).
	The only thing that I can think of thats changed is that we
started using a GatorBox to mount the NFS exports on Macs. The exports
file was changed, and also the tftp configuration was changed in
inetd.conf. Commented out the line pointing to /private/tftpboot and
uncommented the "normal" tftp line.
	I can't think of anything else of consequence that has changed
other than adding a few more users.

	Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
-dave.
davidp@skat.usc.edu