Subject: Re: question about netbooting a microvax II
To: bart sikkes <b.sikkes@student.utwente.nl>
From: Frederik Meerwaldt <frederik@freddym.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/09/2000 19:07:51
Hi!
>
> I'm trying to network boot a MicroVax II with a redhat 6.2 linux box.
Be careful with NFS. As I've heard and experienced it's broken.
> I followed the Netboot-HOWTO to the letter.
> But it went wrong on the vax machine.
>
> I type:
> >>> b/100 esa0
[...]
>
> What is wrong here?
You don't have an interface called esa0 on your vax. Try xqa0, that's the
Q-Bus device. esa0 is the Networking device on (most) VAXstations, but not
on Microvaxes.
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Best Regards,
Freddy
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