"bootp" is a protocol that allows "workstations" and other network-connected
devices to "download" their operating environment from a server from the
network card rather than read them from, say, a hard or floppy disk.  I
believe these are messages from your "bootpd", or bootp-daemon, indicating
that "some device out there" has requested a boot-image, and in attempting
to service this device, your HP realized it didn't have the file requested
[there's more to this than I've mentioned here, but this should give you the
idea as to what is going on]

The "hardware address not found" relates to the hardware address of the
requesting device [I believe], and the idea being that your "server" would
have some file indexed by "who picks it up" [according to that address] and
could then "serve" it upon request from that device.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Garverick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 5:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] inetd message
>
>
> hi all!
>
> now that i've actually got a box running 6.0pp2 (:-) i'm
> seeing something new in the $stdlist for inetd:
> ...
> Received call for: telnet tcp
> Received call for: bootps udp
> Version: [IND]@(#)B0001003
> stat on "/etc/bootptab": No such file or directory
> stat on "/etc/bootptab": No such file or directory
> hardware address not found: 0004AC3A44D1
> exiting after 15 minutes of inactivity
>
> hmmmm....what's this hardware address not found?  and this
> 15 minute message?  any ideas?        - d
>
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