On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Mark Brinicombe wrote:

> >> Hi,
> >> 	eh0 at podulebus0 [ netslot0 ]:1.2.
> >> and then hangs the machine.
> >
> >  Put
> >
> >ehbug
> >
> >in your options section of the !RiscBSD bootloader. This turns off the
> >bit that hangs the card. This will then enable you to boot.
> 
> Yep this will fix it. All the ehbug option does is bypasses the etherH memory
> test code.

Thanks to all who replied suggesting the ehbug option. I now have RiscBSD 
booting up normally again.

I now have another problem which I hope someone might have a solution to.
I have a 486 running Linux with it configured as a NFS server and YP 
server. My aim is to get RiscBSD mounting home directories from the 
Linux server, and using YP NIS id's to login to those directories. The 
first stumbling block is in the mounting of drives from the Linux server.
eg.

[root@medusa][~] showmount -e hydra
Exports list on hydra:
/var/spool/lpd                     *.shs.net 
/homes                             *.shs.net 
/                                  medusa.shs.net medusa-pc.shs.net 
[root@medusa][~] mount hydra:/ /u/hydra
[root@medusa][~] df
Filesystem  512-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/wd0a       116830    66246    44742    60%    /
/dev/wd0e       458366   380746    54700    87%    /usr
/dev/sd0a       133726    93098    33940    73%    /mnt
/dev/sd0e       752030   706202     8226    99%    /mnt2
[root@medusa][~] l /u
ls: hydra: Stale NFS file handle
total 10
drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel   512 Aug 13 20:50 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 root  wheel  1024 Apr 15 21:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   512 Mar 18 09:36 ch
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel   512 Feb 29 16:03 ma
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel   512 Feb 29 16:07 su
[root@medusa][~] 

Any ideas ? I can mount exports from RiscBSD on the Linux server no 
problem, I just can't seem to do it the other way around.

Secondly, under linux, it tells you to append +:*:0:0::: to /etc/passwd 
and +:*:0: to /etc/group to make your NIS accounts available on the 
client. When I tried adding similar lines in RiscBSD using vipw I get:

vipw: rebuilding the database...
pwd_mkdb: line too long
pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.000152: Inappropriate file type of format

Any ideas what I should add to passwd and group under RiscBSD ?
I have /etc/defaultdomain setup, and ypbind is loading OK in the boot-up 
sequence.

Any help on either problem would be grately appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Rob Coward