giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe) (06/01/90)
First off: MANY THANKS to all who replied to my first cry for help! Your general concensus was that the rpc.bootparamd daemon was not working as it should. I tried kill it and restarting it, killing/restarting inetd *then* rpc.bootparamd and I checked and rechecked my hosts and export files. I also did an exportfs. EVERYTHING seems to be in order (but it obviously isn't :-( ) When I start rpc.bootparamd in debug mode and then try to boot a client, I get the following error about 50 times (until the boot attempt times out) bp_getclntent failed. bp_getclntent failed. bp_getclntent failed. (you get the idea ;-) ) Does anyone know what the heck this error means?? I can't seem to find it in any manual. Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated, as this Sun 4/260 is currently a very expensive stand-alone workstation instead of being a server! Thanks again, Jeff @xxxxx{==============- giacobbe@pilot.njin.net -==============}xxxxx@ | or | | giacobbe@apollo.montclair.edu | | | | "There can be only one..." - (Highlander) | @xxxxx{==============- -==============}xxxxx@
jms@tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith) (06/15/90)
In article <8394@brazos.Rice.edu> giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe) writes: >When I start rpc.bootparamd in debug mode and then try to boot a client, I >get the following error about 50 times (until the boot attempt times out) > bp_getclntent failed. Have you verified that the name in /etc/bootparamd is the workstation's primary name and not one of its aliases? 1) Verify that the workstation's ethernet address is in /etc/ethers. tardis% ypmatch 8:0:20:6:17:da ethers.byaddr 8:0:20:6:17:da romana 2) Determine the workstation's primary name, 2nd field in /etc/hosts. tardis% ypmatch romana hosts.byaddr 131.146.99.99 romana romana.tymnet.com In this case, the primary name is "romana", the alias is "romana.tymnet.com" 3) Verify that the primary name is found in /etc/bootparams. tardis% ypmatch romana bootparams root=tardis:/export/root/romana swap=tardis:/export/swap/romana Note that if the two names for romana were swapped in /etc/hosts, then rpc.bootparamd would not find the client's entry in the YP map. 4) If needed, "touch /etc/hosts /etc/ethers /etc/bootparams; cd /var/yp; make". 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 speaks for me."