[seul-edu] [Fwd: help me with this error message please]

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:08:37 -0500
> Subject: help me with this error message please
> From: "Marilyn and Steve" <hagle1@airmail.net>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
>
> When I try to boot my test xterminal with a floppy, this is the message I
> see . . .
>
> "Sending BOOTP and RARP requests . . . .  .  . . timed out
> IP Config:  Auto-configuration of network failed
> Partition check:
>   hda:hda1 hda2 <hda5> hda3
> Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 200.200.165.18
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
> Portmap:  Server 200.200.165.18 not responding . . timed out
> Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port number from server, using default
> Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 200.200.165.18
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
>     RPC: sendmsg returned error 101
> Mount: server 200.200.165.18 not responding, timed out
> Root-NFS Server returned error -5 while mounting /xterminals   . . . . . "
>
> What does it mean?  I'm using RedHat 6.2, and followed the RedHat 6x
> instructions.  I am on a large IP network.  My test computers = I can ping
> one from the other with no problem.  I did not configure my server as a DHCP
> server, because the larger network has one.  Shouldn't the xterminal look
> for the existing DHCP server?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> M. Hagle

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