Subject: Re: Problems NFS-booting
To: Magnus Karlsson <emax@null.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/08/1998 00:27:42
On Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:35:10 +0200 (MET DST)
Magnus Karlsson <emax@null.net> wrote:
> I can't seem to get a Sparc ELC to boot via NFS from my Linux box.
> I've followed every step in the installation instructions but now I seem
> to be stuck.
>
> The output on the ELC reads:
>
> Boot device: /sbus/le@0,c00000 File and args: netbsd -s
> ea00
> >> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.7
> >> (pk@flambard, Mon May 11 09:43:48 MEST 1998)
> boot: client IP address: 192.168.1.11
> boot: client name: lechuck
> Can't open network device `/sbus/le@0,c00000'
> open: netbsd: Unknown error: code 72
> device[/sbus/le@0,c00000]:
>
> What does this mean? Why can't the network device be opened when that
> obviously was perfectly possible seconds earlier?
errno 72 is EBADRPC. Looks like your Linux NFS server is returning
a bogus packet.
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