Re: mvme177 booting

[Miod Vallat <miod@online.fr>]

> i got some mvme177 boards and try to install obsd.
> 
> i can successfully load netboot via tftp, 
> netboot also gets its ip via rarp from the linux host,
> then however, netboot claims bootp whoami request failed.
> the bootp server ist verifyed working and started with -d 9,
> there is no request from the mvme machine.
Have you checked with tcpdump if any network packets are transferred ?

> could it be, that stock netboot was compiled wit sun3 stuff instead of
> bootp? the error message iam getting is within some sun3 #defines?
Well, since netbooting is not very common in the Linux world, I won't be
surprised if the bootp server you found isn't reliable.
Do yourself a favor and setup an OpenBSD box, if you don't already have
one, read diskless(8) and follow its instructions, and you will have
your mvme68k board running in no time.

Miod