From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200003211928.UAA20238@denx.local.net> To: Don Holmgren cc: "Stephan Ruettiger (r0337c)" , linuxppc-embedded Subject: Re: root nfs boot problems From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:28:31 CST." Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:28:53 +0100 Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: In message you wrote: > > I don't believe the "neighbour table overflow" errors are the problem. I > get them frequently but otherwise have success. I have never seen such errors when the ethernet inrface is working correclty. > It looks like a problem on your nfs server. The "unable to get nfsd port > number from server" and "unable to get mountd port number from server" > messages indicate that at minimum, the portmapper is not running on your > server. Perhaps mountd and/or nfsd are also not running. Well, IMHO it's more likely that no packets were ever sent to the ethernet at all. This type of problemppens for instance when the Transmit Enable signal is not asserted. It might be useful to check with a sniffer if the box is transmitting at all... Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/