[SunHELP] NFS Solaris 9

[Jarrett Carver]

I am trying to get a jumpstart server working on a Solaris 9 server that was 
previously installed.

My first issue was with tftp. I found the problem in inetd.conf where it had 
udp6, which I changed to udp and it my jumpstart gets a little further. Now 
I get to:

Rebooting with command: boot net - intall
Boot device: /pci at 1f,700000/network at 2  File and args: - intall
100 Mbps FDX Link up
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
38600 100 Mbps FDX Link up

Requesting Internet address for 0:3:ba:45:ae:29
/

It simply hangs at this point. A snoop from the jumpstart server shows:

#snoop -d bge0 0:3:ba:45:ae:29
Using device /dev/bge0 (promiscuous mode)
client -> BROADCAST    BPARAM C WHOAMI? 10.230.1.51
client -> BROADCAST    BPARAM C WHOAMI? 10.230.1.51 (retransmit)
client -> BROADCAST    BPARAM C WHOAMI? 10.230.1.51 (retransmit)

Entries in /etc/ethers, /etc/bootparams, and /etc/hosts on the server are 
all correct.

When I try to mount the jumpstart share to another workstation I get:

workstation1# mount jumpstart:/jumpstart /a
nfs mount: jumpstart: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Timed out
nfs mount: retrying: /a
nfs mount: jumpstart: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Timed out
nfs mount: jumpstart: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Timed out

A snoop from the jumpstart server shows:

Jumpstart #snoop -d bge0 144.230.1.60
Using device /dev/bge0 (promiscuous mode)
workstation1 -> jumpstart TCP D=2049 S=1014 Syn Seq=1852521877 Len=0 
Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK>
workstation1 -> jumpstart TCP D=2049 S=1014 Rst Seq=1852521878 Len=0 
Win=49640
workstation1 -> jumpstart TCP D=2049 S=1013 Syn Seq=1859353185 Len=0 
Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK>

So I did some checks from the workstation:

workstation1# rpcinfo -u jumpstart mountd
rpcinfo: RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Timed out
program 100005 is not available
workstation1# rpcinfo -p pres-cirt058
^C


and from the jumpstart server:

jumpstart #rpcinfo -u jumpstart mountd
program 100005 version 1 ready and waiting
program 100005 version 2 ready and waiting
program 100005 version 3 ready and waiting
jumpstart #rpcinfo -u jumpstart nfsd
program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting

I have been banging at this for a while now, changed the order in 
/etc/netconfig so that udp/tcp came before udp6/tcp6.

I am thinking that somehow the udp6/tcp6 is hosing me...just not sure where 
or what else to check.

The problems I believe are centered around rcp.bootparamd and rpcbind which 
don't appear to be responding to the requests. I am thinking that somehow 
the udp6/tcp6 is hosing me...just not sure where or what else to check.

Thanks.


Jarrett Carver
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