On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 18:22:39 -0800 
 Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> wrote:

 > does someone have a sample bootptab entry for an alpha to try and
 > netboot from?

My bootptab is attached below.

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center                            Home: +1 408 866 1912
NAS: M/S 258-5                                       Work: +1 650 604 0935
Moffett Field, CA 94035                             Pager: +1 415 428 6939

#	$NetBSD: bootptab,v 1.3 1996/05/08 17:19:22 thorpej Exp $
#
# /etc/bootptab: database for bootp server (/etc/bootpd)
# Last update Mon 11/7/88 18:03
# Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
#
# Legend:
#
#	first field -- hostname
#			(may be full domain name and probably should be)
#
#            bf   Bootfile
#            bs   Bootfile size in 512-octet blocks
#            cs   Cookie server address list
#            df   Merit dump file
#            dn   Domain name
#            ds   Domain name server address list
#            ef   Extension file
#            gw   Gateway address list
#            ha   Host hardware address
#            hd   Bootfile home directory
#            hn   Send client's hostname to client
#            ht   Host hardware type (see Assigned Numbers RFC)
#            im   Impress server address list
#            ip   Host IP address
#            lg   Log server address list
#            lp   LPR server address list
#            ns   IEN-116 name server address list
#            nt   NTP (time) Server (RFC 1129)
#            ra   Reply address override
#            rl   Resource location protocol server address list
#            rp   Root path to mount as root
#            sa   TFTP server address client should use
#            sm   Host subnet mask
#            sw   Swap server address
#            tc   Table continuation (points to similar "template" host entry)
#            td   TFTP root directory used by "secure" TFTP servers
#            to   Time offset in seconds from UTC
#            ts   Time server address list
#            vm   Vendor magic cookie selector
#            yd   YP (NIS) domain name
#            ys   YP (NIS) server address

#
# Be careful about including backslashes where they're needed.  Weird (bad)
# things can happen when a backslash is omitted where one is intended.
#


# First, we define a global entry which specifies the stuff every host uses.

#global.dummy:\
#        :sm=255.255.255.0:\
#        :hd=/home/nfsclient:bf=null:\
#        :ds=128.32.149.141:\
#        :ns=0x80020b4d 0x80020ffd:\
#        :ts=0x80020b4d 0x80020ffd:\
#        :to=18000:

# Next, we can define different master entries for each subnet. . .

#subnet13.dummy:\
#	:tc=global.dummy:gw=128.2.13.1:
#
#
# We should be able to use as many levels of indirection as desired.  Use
# your imagination. . .
#


# Individual entries (could also have different servers for some/all of these
# hosts, but we don't really use this feature at CMU):

#carnegie:tc=subnet13.dummy:ht=ieee802:ha=7FF8100000AF:ip=128.2.11.1:
#baldwin:tc=subnet19.dummy:ht=ethernet:ha=0800200159C3:ip=128.2.11.10:


#example nfs diskless client

#timesink:hd=/home/nfsclient/timesink:\
#	tc=subnet149.dummy:ht=ethernet:ha=0800200168A7:ip=128.32.149.20:

# Defaults for the NAS 50-net
.nas50:\
	:sm=255.255.255.0:\
	:ds=129.99.50.29:\
	:dn=nas.nasa.gov:\
	:gw=129.99.50.254:

# sulaco.nas.nasa.gov - DECstation 5000/200 in 222-1.
# Contact: Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
sulaco:\
	:tc=.nas50:\
	:ht=ethernet:\
	:ha=08002B1EA0D9:\
	:ip=sulaco.nas.nasa.gov:\
	:gw=129.99.50.254:\
	:rp=/u4/diskless/sulaco/root:

# ripley.nas.nasa.gov - AlphaStation 600 in 222-1.
* Contact: Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
ripley:\
	:tc=.nas50:\
	:ht=ethernet:\
	:ha=0000F8212E90:\
	:gw=129.99.50.254:\
	:rp=/u4/diskless/bishop:\
	:bf=netboot.alpha: