Subject: Re: netboot multia
To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
From: Victor Gold <victor@peritek.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/01/1998 11:48:51
Hi,

Isn't it likely that Digital/Compaq wouldn't really care if it put out?
After all, its utility is going to be appreciated by only a select few.

The secrets of Vietnam have, after all this time, now mostly leaked out...

Victor








At 08:09 PM 12/1/98 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
>As Nathan Gelbard wrote...
>> I can bootp and load the netboot file (1st stage). Then it complains the
>> file just loaded didnt contain an ethernet address, and I should consult
>> setnetbootinfo(8) to fix this. I cannot find this man page on my i386
>> system.
>> 
>> I tried the tc=.cynic trick (changing hostnames, of course) in the
>> alpha/faq, but to no avail.
>> 
>> thoughts?
>
>I have yet to see an *officially released* SRM console for Multia that
>does netbooting correctly... I had an 'Internal Use Only' version that
>worked OK. Tried to talk the former Multia people into releasing that one
>into the field but they refused. Multia is a bit like the Vietnam of Digital
>(eh Compaq) it seems :-(
>
>Wilko
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