hurf@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) (05/18/89)
I am trying to get diskless Vaxstation2000's to boot off a uVaxII
- The uVaxII was not originally a server. I installed all the
Supported and Unsupported Ultrix3.0 and UWS2.0 software, the
UDSRIS020 and UDSVAXUPGRD020 software. I believe their may be
an additionl piece of software from some 'Network Kit' referred to
in the manuals but not by specific part number or title that
our Educational Software Library or our sales reps can identify.
The problem is that after the client starts to boot - right at the
point /etc/rc would normally start - the system hangs with no
error message on the client screen, in the server syslog or syserr
files.
This is suspiciously like a previous problem with the RIS utility
under 3.0 that was solved when i got may hands on the UDSRIS020
and UDSVAXUPGRD020 software. I was told by the support people in
Colorado I needed some undocumented software - they gave me
a part number my sales rep has yet to track down (14 weeks) and
would still be without if I hadn't tried the stuff that came with
some risc machines out of desparation.
Please, if anyone out there knows the correct name for the
'Network Kit' , the part number, the solution to the problem or
can set us up to do a setld from their system to get the
software it looks like we need, send me mail or call.
The reason I think we may be missing sometheing is that the
RISC server stuff comes with a different dms setup - /etc/dms.new
and /var/diskless/dms.a.
BTW: I modified /etc/dms to load from the network - just tested
for a "*:" argument to pass to setld - that seemed to work
fine. One glitch was during the install portion
/usr/hosts/MAKEHOSTS gets run with the argument
/var/diskless/root0.vax/usr/hosts and our /etc/hosts
was 300k!- so make a note to be sure /etc/hosts is small
when doing a new install of a diskless environment.
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I sold my Elan, got a job in science; Now, no one takes me seriously.hurf@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) (05/19/89)
The problem, correctly named by Chris Siebenmann
(cks@white.toronto.edu) was the fact we had /var/diskless/dlenv0
and /var/diskless/dlclient0 on the same physical partition
of our disk and the /etc/exports files must be modified to
allow root access to the /var file system. - Chris has written a nice guide to installing DEC diskless environments on non-standard DEC systems.
DEC support in Atlanta had half the answer which was
enough to work the rest out. Chris's note to me confirmed what
we had done and added some more info.
What worked for me - The 'nobody' option on the first 3 lines interfered
so I named the client specifically:(All 3 entries seemed necessary to get things to work.)
/var -n -r=0 strato
/var/diskless/dlenv0 -n -r=0 strato
/var/dlclient0/dlclient0 -n -r=0 strato
/var/diskless/dlclient0/strato.root -r=0 strato
/var/diskless/dlclient0/strato.swap -r=0 strato
/var/diskless/dlenv0/root1.vax/usr strato
Thanks for responding, Chris
hurf
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