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.

-- 
Best Regards,
	Freddy

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