Follow up,
I hate it when a thread ends without answers :)

It seems I was still using the 1.4.3 SYS_UBOOT image, which was not
looking for a bootp server, but bootparam server obvioulsy.  After I
put the correct SYS_UBOOT image in place, everything went peachy :)

bye,
Gert

On 5/10/05, Djeezus <gert.vandelaer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thnx Bernd,
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> I had allready tried to setup bootp (and afterwards dhcp in stead) ...
> I don't know exactly why (yet), but after the RARP reply from my
> rarp-server, the HP box send out a a requist to any bootp server, but
> it doesn't get a response; neither when using bootp nor dhcp.
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> 18:41:01.361914 rarp who-is HP tell HP
> 18:41:01.366307 rarp reply HP at hp.godsells.org
> 18:41:01.538972 hp.godsells.org.1023 > 255.255.255.255.sunrpc: udp 96
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> Why isn't my bootpd answering, or is it asking something else ?  I get
> responses from my bootpd by using the bootptest program, so I know
> it's working.
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> Any idea ?
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> grtz,
> gert
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> On 5/9/05, Bernd Sieker <bsieker@rvs.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> > On 09.05.05, 19:47:17, Djeezus wrote:
> > > Hy all,
> > >
> > > i've been using NetBSD for some time to run on my HP9000/400 system;
> > > the disks are fried so I run it diskless.  But now I wonder why on
> >
> > Older, smaller SCSI disks are really cheap on ebay these days, if
> > the fried disk is the main reason for using netboot.
> >
> > > earth there's no "netbsd.DISKLESS.gz" anymore since the 1.4.3 release
> > > ?
> > >
> > > I've tried using the 1.6.2 SYS_UBOOT together with 1.4.1
> > > netbsd-DISKLESS.gz,  i boot the HP, select "SYS_BOOT" from network
> > > boot menu ... it loads fine and show user interface .... but the
> > > SYS_BOOT images does nothing after I hit [return] on the HP box
> > > keyboard ... this is where it should start doing its rarp lookups and
> > > getting its bootinfo from the bootparamd and so on ... but it seems t=
o
> > > be lacking support for doing rarp lookups.
> > >
> > > All i get from the HP box is this (tcpdump log) :
> > > 19:37:36.160886 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps:  file ""[|bo=
otp]
> > >
> > > Is there something broken or am I missing something that's not broken=
 ;-)
> >
> > I don't have 1.6 sources lying around any longer, but in 2.0 the
> > GENERIC kernel can boot diskless. But the only protocol it speaks
> > to get boot information is BOOTP. It no longer uses the obsolete
> > rarp/bootparam. Since the HP prom doesn't use rarp, either (but
> > HP's proprietary rboot protocol), this is not really a loss.
> >
> > dhcpd can answer bootp requests. I haven't tried very recently,
> > but I have booted 2.0_BETA and 2.0_RCn snapshots via network on my
> > HP9000/425s.
> >
> > >
> > > thnx & bye,
> > > gert
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Bernd Sieker
> >
> > NetBSD: userland included
> >
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> --
> iT's aLl jUsT f0r LaUgH5 I teLLz yA !
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