Subject: Re: diskless; bootparam not working
To: None <gwr@mc.com>
From: Michael K. Sanders <msanders@confusion.net>
List: port-sun3
Date: 07/20/1995 22:32:43
In the beginning there was nothing. Then Gordon W. Ross said:
>> `rpc.bootparamd -d` on the 3/60 is 'getclntent failed'. Any ideas?
[actually bp_getclntent failed, same effect. :(]
>At that point, the client knows its IP address, and is asking the
>server for its own name, domain, and gateway address. Make sure
>address-to-name lookup on the server can name that client address.
>Also verify that /etc/bootparams has a valid entry for the client.
I _think_ it can, because if I do something like a netstat without -n
it shows the correct hostname. The output from nslookup loods odd,
though.
msanders@euphoria:~> nslookup 205.166.119.2
Server: euphoria.confusion.net
Address: 205.166.119.3
Name: [205.166.119.2]
Address: 205.166.119.2
It does that no matter what the server is.
Here's /etc/bootparams:
dystopia root=euphoria:/export/dystopia \
swap=euphoria:/export/dystopia
Straight from the example in the man page...
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