In <Pine.SGI.4.10.10012191912230.11814-100000@thor.tetracon-eng.net>
jsk@tetracon-eng.net wrote:

>> a nasty memory leak problem.  And last but not least, if memory serves, you'll
>> want to use the boot.net from NetBSD 1.3, as the boot.net from 1.4 and later
>> seems to be broken on older machines.

> I think you're right there.  It seems like I had to step back a ways to
> get it booted, but once up, and pointed at the newer sources, it went ok.

The newer boot.net requires a gateway IP address via bootparam.
You have to add a gateway entry in /etc/bootparams like:
---
client	root=server:/export/sun3/root \
	gateway=192.168.1.1:0xffffff00
---
Without this fix, the newer bootloader will boot up after
quite long timeout, anyway.
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp