Subject: Re: [Fwd: Net-Booting MicroVAX II]
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: None <carlini@true.lkg.dec.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/23/1999 02:26:26
"cmcmanis@mcmanis.com" wrote:

>At 12:17 AM 12/24/99 +0100, Chris wrote:
>>Hi,
>>thanks for your reply. It's nice to hear that my VAX is supposed to netboot.
>>Can you tell me where to find the ethernet address of my DEQNA controller ?
>
>The only way on the uVAX II to do this is to start a MOP server in "debug"
>mode on the network, and then type >>>B XQA0 on the uVAXII, the MOP server
>will report the MOP packets that it sees and their MAC address. Then write
>it on a label and tape it to the cover plate.

Well that certainly is the only way if you don't count any of the other "only
ways" :-)

This one works from the MicroVAX II onwards for the first DEQNA or DELQA:

	>>> E/P/W/N:5 20001920

String together the last bytes and you have an ethernet address.

Antonio