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From: chuck@wooglin.scc.com (Charles Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: VERY URGENT!!! SunOs4.0 Client boots
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 24 Apr 89 19:41:09 GMT
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Original-Date: Tue, 4 Apr 89 06:58:12 EDT
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I am in the process of upgrading my Sun's to SunOs4.0. Diskless clients do
not want to boot over our network. The network has both sun and non-sun
machines. below is the text that appears on the client screen as it tries
to boot:

b le(0,0,0)
Using Internet Number 192.5.220.3 = C005D03
Booting from tftp server 192.5.220.100
Downloaded 126056 bytes via tftp

Using Internet Number 192.5.220.3
le: missed packet
le: missed packet
le: missed packet
le: missed packet
No bootparam server responding; still trying...

The missed packet messages and bootparam server message repeat forever. I
can watch ethernet traffic to and from the client and I see the rpc call
that it supposed to ask for the bootparam server, bootparamd is ready and
waiting on the server, but does not respond to the rpc call from the
client. In fact there are several bootparam servers on the net and nobody
responds to the rpc call.  However, I can get responses when I manually
send the rpc broadcast message.

Does anybody have a clue as to what I have to do to get this client to boot??

Please send response directly to
chuck@wooglin.scc.com

Thanks in advance.
Chuck Williams
Contel Federal Systems