slv@bartok.att.com (Susan L. Vogel) (10/08/90)
We've just brought up our 4/470 fileserver. We've been unable to boot our diskless 4/65 clients: We get the following message on the client console: Timeout Waiting for ARP/RARP Packet /etc/hosts, /etc/ethers are both correct. We've tried removing and adding the clients. The links in /tftpboot look correct. inetd is running, and there's an entry for tftp in inetd.conf. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Sue Vogel AT&T Bell Laboratories att!odyssey!slv
jms@tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith) (11/04/90)
In article <1990Oct8.002001.13190@rice.edu> slv@bartok.att.com (Susan L. Vogel) writes: >We've just brought up our 4/470 fileserver. We've been unable to boot our >diskless 4/65 clients: We get the following message on the client console: >Timeout Waiting for ARP/RARP Packet The rarpd program does not work if the server does not have NIT defined. Check that the config file for your kernel has the following: # # The following are for streams NIT support. NIT is used by # etherfind, traffic, rarpd, and ndbootd. As a rule of thumb, # NIT is almost always needed on a server and almost never # needed on a diskless client. # pseudo-device snit # streams NIT pseudo-device pf # packet filter pseudo-device nbuf # NIT buffering module # I ran into the same problem the first time I brought up a non-generic kernel. Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-C41 | BIX: smithjoe | 12 PDP-10s still running! "POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga 3000 speaks for me."