> > I am so sorry!  I forgot to update the index.cache when I changed the web
> > page.  Things should be working now.
> > 
> > The exact problems that you have been having is the reason why I created
> > this image.  Please tell me how it works for you as I can not test it on
> > many machines.
> 
> I'll check it out and let you know.  Thanks for making it available in the first
> place!
>  
> > > Secondly, I've tried SYS_INST from both the 1.2.1 release as well as the
> > > 1.2 release and both have given the same error messages with the NFS
> > > method and the same "black screen" with the dd to disk.  
> 
> > Do you know if you have a supported video system?
> 
> I'm running this on a 425e with the standard built-in video interface.  I would
> assume that it would be the supported interface, but then assumptions....
> 
> Also, I've been researching old messages on the port-hp300 list and I found one
> from you from October of 1996 that details how to do a net boot from an HPUX
> cluster server.  I followed the instructions and I've included the log file from
> the rbootd daemon as an attachment.  Everything looks OK, but when I select 1Z
> from the list of boot choices, I get the same "black screen".  Any ideas or
> suggestions?  This is the 1.2.1 SYS_INST file that I'm loading from /usr/boot.
> 
> At this point, I'll try using the ZIP disk and see if I can get somewhere with
> that, but if anyone else has any suggestion, I'm all ears at this point ;-)
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> 
> --------------------------------- Attachment ---------------------------------
> 
> Wed Apr 23 16:37:08 1997 pid=2990: STARTUP
> Wed Apr 23 16:37:08 1997 pid=2990: specified device /dev/ieee0 matches the diskless lan
> Wed Apr 23 16:37:08 1997 pid=2990: INITIALIZATION COMPLETE
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:27 1997 pid=2990: Adding new cell for install client 0x08000917221F.
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:27 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 20 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:31 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 16 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:35 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 12 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:42 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 5 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:46 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 1 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:55 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 15 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:38:59 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 11 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:39:03 1997 pid=2990: Rejected install request from 0x08000917221F, waiting 7 more seconds
> Wed Apr 23 16:39:03 1997 pid=2990: Open Session #1
> Wed Apr 23 16:39:03 1997 pid=2990: 	  Client    = 0x08000917221F
> Wed Apr 23 16:39:03 1997 pid=2990: 	  Boot File = /usr/boot/SYS_INST
> Wed Apr 23 16:39:03 1997 pid=2990: Close Session #1

Looks like some of the problems that I had to begin with.  I could not get
the system to boot and run the SYS_INST or write a disklabel.  I found that
putting my Linux box with rboot on a private segment of ethernet was the
only way to get the thing to boot.  I have the machines connect via thin
wire so I just used 2 Ts, 2 terminators, and a segment.

Something I should add to the web page is that the machine will boot from
the ZIP disk as snowhite.eeap.cwru.edu and have the IP address of
129.22.56.15.  It would be advisable to boot the machine where it is not
connected to the Internet and then go in and change the appropriate files.
I am working on a program that will set all these things from an interface,
but I need examples of files and in what situation they are being used.
hostname.le0
resolv.conf
myname
mygate
and hosts

are the only files I can find that seem to be "system" dependent.

Wes
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