Chuck,


The 4000-500A is my VMS machine. The others don't have an OS installed.

The fact that they all fail to somewhat start the boot process is what 
makes be think that I was messing something stupid up on my end.

Of course, MOP loading the NetBSD kernel was kinda stupid - but that wasn't 
the problem.

I got a message from one of the Linux guys that had more detailed 
information on what to expect in the logs, and some more sample 
configuration files.

Tonight I'm going to sit down with the 3100 M76 and a cold beer and try all 
of this again from start to finish. I'm sure it's something dumb on my end.....

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

         - Matt


At 09:00 AM 1/29/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Does your machine boot VMS? Just wondering if you might be starting from a 
>system that had a hardware problem ...
>--Chuck
>
>At 10:25 AM 1/29/02 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>Greg,
>>
>>
>>Thank you very much for the detailed logs and configuration files.
>>
>>I'm going to start again tonight, using your advice as my lead.
>>
>>Thanks again for the assistance!
>>
>>
>>         - Matt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 10:00 AM 1/29/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>>On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Matthew Sell wrote:
>>>
>>> > All kinds of activity. I can see the network activity between MOPD 
>>> and the
>>> > VAX by looking at the hub, and of course the status messages in the logs.
>>> >
>>> > In the meantime, I've been trying to start NetBSD as an alternative, with
>>> > absolutely no luck there, either. I started out by mistakingly trying to
>>> > boot the NetBSD kernel, rather than the bootloader.
>>>
>>>Yeah, I read that thread too.
>>>
>>> > I corrected that, and attempted to start various versions of the NetBSD
>>> > bootloader - all with no success.
>>> >
>>> > Am I supposed to be MOP loading the VAX with the "vmlinux.ka43.SYS" 
>>> kernel?
>>> > Or is there a smaller bootloader?
>>>
>>>Yes, it's the whole Linux kernel that's sent by mopd. Here's a rundown on
>>>my configuration:
>>>
>>>/var/lib/nfs/etab:
>>>
>>>         /tftpboot/vaxroot       vulcan(no_root_squash,rw)
>>>
>>>/etc/dhcpd.conf:
>>>
>>>         # VAX 3100/M76
>>>
>>>         host vulcan
>>>         {
>>>           hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:23:12:09;
>>>           fixed-address vulcan;
>>>           option host-name vulcan;
>>>           #option root-path "/tftpboot/vax";      # for NetBSD
>>>           option root-path "/tftpboot/vaxroot";  # for Linux
>>>         }
>>>
>>>DNS is configured to resolve an IP for the vulcan.  The vaxroot tarball is
>>>unpacked into /tftpboot/vaxroot.  In /tftpboot/mop:
>>>
>>>         ln -s /tftpboot/vaxroot/vmlinux.ka43.SYS 08002b231209.SYS
>>>
>>>Here's what I see in /var/log/messages on the DNS/MOP/NFS/DHCP server:
>>>
>>>Jan 29 09:52:45 penguin mopd[32417]: 8:0:2b:23:12:9 (2) Do you have 
>>>08002b231209? (Yes)
>>>Jan 29 09:52:45 penguin mopd[32417]: 8:0:2b:23:12:9 (2) Do you have 
>>>08002b231209? (Yes)
>>>Jan 29 09:52:45 penguin mopd[32417]: 8:0:2b:23:12:9 Send me 08002b231209
>>>Jan 29 09:52:45 penguin mopd[32417]: 8:0:2b:23:12:9 Send me 08002b231209
>>>Jan 29 09:52:49 penguin mopd[32417]: 8:0:2b:23:12:9 Load completed
>>>Jan 29 09:52:56 penguin dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 08:00:2b:23:12:09 via eth0
>>>Jan 29 09:52:56 penguin dhcpd: BOOTREPLY for 192.168.1.77 to vulcan 
>>>(08:00:2b:23:12:09) via eth0
>>>Jan 29 09:52:57 penguin rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 
>>>192.168.1.77:800 for /tftpboot/vaxroot (/tftpboot/vaxroot)
>>>
>>>The boot takes about two minutes to a login prompt.
>>>
>>>- Greg
>>
>>
>>
>>Matthew Sell
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>
>
>Matthew Sell
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>On Time Support, Inc.
>www.ontimesupport.com
>(281) 296-6066
>
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>
>
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>
>Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...