kovar%popvax@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU (-David C. Kovar) (09/07/89)
>>> Now if we could only get >>> the silly things to boot via TFTP or the like, we wouldn't need access to >>> Macs on the Localtalk segment at all! >>Actually, my vote goes for bootp; but anything is better than having to >>visit the localtalk segment (well, anything but ethertalk). >bootp can't boot the boxes, only support information on where to boot from. >Usually, a host uses BOOTP to find out where to boot from and what to boot, >and then uses TFTP to boot. >- -Steve My two GatorBoxes boot via tftp from a Sun 386i. Power failure? Just wait for the 386i to come up and the GatorBoxes are up and running about two minutes later. Very convenient since I manage them from about five miles away and would have to drive in if they needed to be rebooted with a Mac. -David C. Kovar Technical Consultant ARPA: kovar@popvax.harvard.edu Office of Information Technology BITNET: corwin@harvarda.bitnet Harvard University MacNET: DKovar Ma Bell: 617-732-1778 "It is easier to get forgiveness than permission."
ian@lassen.wpd.sgi.com (Ian Clements) (09/07/89)
In article <Added.EZ1NGsC00UkTMW5U89@andrew.cmu.edu>, kovar%popvax@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU (-David C. Kovar) writes: > My two GatorBoxes boot via tftp from a Sun 386i. Power failure? Just > wait for the 386i to come up and the GatorBoxes are up and running about > two minutes later. Very convenient since I manage them from about five > miles away and would have to drive in if they needed to be rebooted > with a Mac. Cayman recommends that you set the box up to boot from the Mac *first* then tftp boot second. This way, you can load the box after having made a change on the Mac without having to xfer the file to the tftp host first. Btw, GatorBoxes also boot from SGI boxes as well. Cheers, Ian