timothy@saturn.ucsc.edu (Timothy Oborne ) (04/12/88)
The Task: To install an Apple Ethernet Card in a Mac II with A/UX and then bring up NFS. The Problem: We haven't received the manuals yet. I need some idea of how difficult this operation will be without the $$$ manuals that were just ordered. I need to give the owner of this machine some idea of how long it will be before we can hook him up to the net, but I just don't have enough information to have a coherent answer. I will be mounting him on a Sun 3/280 running Sun OS 3.4 or thereabouts. Judging from the traffic about A/UX and NFS in general I think it's fair to say that a lot of people have done this sort of thing before. If you could pass on some of your experiences and problems so that I can gauge the type of job I have ahead, it would make my day. (I know, RTFM. I will, as soon as Purchasing comes up with them. I'm not holding my breath.) Please mail responses directly to me. I will summarize for those interested. Thanks in Advance, ============================================================================ Timothy W. Oborne INTERNET: timothy@saturn.UCSC.EDU University of California, Santa Cruz UUCP:...!ucbvax!ucscc!saturn!timothy Disclaimer: I didn't say that, or then again maybe I did. ============================================================================
jackie@Apple.COM (Hernan'Jackie' Macapanpan) (04/12/88)
In article <2772@saturn.ucsc.edu>, timothy@saturn.ucsc.edu (Timothy Oborne ) writes: > > The Task: To install an Apple Ethernet Card in a Mac II with A/UX and then > bring up NFS. > I am posting this information to the newsgroup because I believe it could be of interest to others too. The process of installing BNET, NFS, and an Apple Ethernet card takes about 15 minutes; maybe 30 minutes the first time. If you haven't done an Ethernet installation before, you may want to wait for the manuals; for reference. In general, the procedures are: 1) Shut the system down. 2) Configure one jumper and install EtherTalk card into NuBus slot. 3) Connect Ethernet cable (from backbone) to Ethernet card. 4) Bring system up into single-user mode. 5) Create BNET/NFS kernel. 6) Modify standard BNET and NFS files. 7) Reboot 8) Test The text files that need to be modified are the standard ones, (/etc/inittab, /etc/hosts, etc.) Before hand, be sure you choose the system's hostname and net address because you'll be asked for it. It's also not a bad idea to make sure that the cable connection actually works (I've been humbled by a bad cable connect before.:-) ). Hope this helps. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: I works heres, buts theys don'ts knows I's cans types. :-) Hernan 'Jackie' Macapanpan amdahl \ Technical Communications/A/UX Hotline pyramid!sun - apple!jackie Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 996-1010 decwrl / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------