[rescue] bootp and dhcp - conflict?

[Dan Moisa]

Conclusion - they do not conflict. Turns out that without the magical
"-r" parameter, bootparamd doesn't answer to broadcast requests so
everything gets stuck.
https://dreamlayers.blogspot.com/2020/09/netbooting-sunos-on-sparc-workstation.html

All's good now, net booting like a pro with slowest speeds ever,
anyone happen to have some magical nfs parameters that makes this
faster?

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 6:11 AM Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
>
> >> Is there a conflict between bootparamd and the DHCP stuff offered by
> >> the router?
>
> > DHCP is version 2.0 of bootp.
> > So yes, there would be a conflict.  They both use port 67/68.
>
> bootparamd is not the same thing as bootp.  bootparamd is a SunRPC
> service, running on a "random" port using the portmapper, while bootp
> is, as you say, an ancestor/subset of dhcp.
>
> As far as I know there is no conflict between bootparamd and DHCP.
>
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