usenet@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU (Usenet programs owner) (09/20/90)
From: mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don Mcgregor) Path: prism!mcgredo We're considering trying to get a couple NeXTs to boot off of HP-UX over ethernet. I don't know much about the boot process for HP-UX, but I understand it is done with a "bootp" server. I hear that this is proprietary to HP and not designed to support other vendors. My question: Is it worthwhile to investigate the feasability of this, or is the process so far down in the bits and bytes and ROM and whatnot that we should just punt now? If someone has done this, what was involved and where can we locate a good source for information on the process? Post, or email if this question is asked a lot. Thanks, Don McGregor mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu
graham@hparc0.HP.COM (Graham Eddy) (09/27/90)
"bootp" and "tftp" and the like are well understood. i'm not sure if using the term `standard' is a little too strong, but these protocols are used for getting going X/terminals, cisco boxes, etc, including on HP boxes. however, i would suggest that if you intend to implement bootp yourself, that this be a a case where the difference between technical and commercial feasibility be examined closely.. -graham "representing noone's opinions but his own"
stevens@hpcc01.HP.COM (Stuart Stevens) (10/06/90)
>> We're considering trying to get a couple NeXTs to boot off of HP-UX over >> ethernet. I don't know much about the boot process for HP-UX, but I >> understand it is done with a "bootp" server. I hear that this is >> proprietary to HP and not designed to support other vendors. >> >> My question: Is it worthwhile to investigate the feasability of this, >> or is the process so far down in the bits and bytes and ROM and whatnot >> that we should just punt now? If someone has done this, what was involved >> and where can we locate a good source for information on the process? The NCSA telnet package which runs on MS-DOS machines supports bootp and works with HP-UX. I know the source is available, but I don't know how to get it. FTP Inc's PC/TCP supports bootp. In the implementations I have seen bootp is used to discover the networking information(IP, name, subnet mask, gateway...) and tftp is used to download files for configuration or operation.