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>         Could someone help me with a brief description of what has
> to be done to boot one hp from another, via network? I think, mainly
> what Im missing is the boot file/s. Im not sure what Im suposed to
> tell rbootd to feed to the booting machine, where it is, or how to
> make it.

The boot files live in /usr/mdec/rbootd . The rbootd(8) man page describes
the format of the config file that maps the requesting machine to the
specific bootfile.

The bootfiles themselves are LIF images. The are created with the mkboot
program in the /usr/src/sys/arch/hp300/stand directory. You should be
able to use the stand images in /usr/mdec for booting from a disk, but
loaded from the network via rbootd. A diskless stand has not been completed.
If you are interested in this particular code, drop me a note and I can
let you know what is needed to complete this.

>         Also, does anyone have any info on a card (98628a), calling
> itself 'data comm    opt 100 async/dl  ftz #02429d'.
>         I suspect it is a mux card, but it has a centronics 50 pin
> connector on the back (like scsi?), and Im wondering if it is suposed
> to work with one of these little boxes, that has a centronics, and
> a bunch of db25 serial connectors that came with a 9000/550 I ended
> up with...
>         And totally on the side, does anyone know where I might
> turn up an operating system that would run on an old hp9000/550?
> Something I could maybe squeeze onto a 50meg drive....otherwise
> this thing is just a silly footstool to me.
> 
>         In thankful anticipation;
>                Paul Thompson
> set@cs.iastate.edu
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