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From: jfreem@uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: taking cube off the network
Summary: check you NFS mounts
Message-ID: <1989Oct29.150651.22693@uncecs.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 89 15:06:51 GMT
References: <641@warlock.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfreem@ecsvax.uncecs.edu.UUCP (Joe Freeman)
Distribution: usa
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <641@warlock.UUCP> gregb@dowjone.UUCP (Gregory S. Baber) writes:
>Hello, I had my cube running (Ver 1.0) on a Non-Netinfo heterogeneous network
>of Suns, Macs, Gators, etc. Was doing NFS mounts, telnets, ftps and the like.
>Had a printer connected to the cube, and was able to print. I was running
>Yellow Pages (no flames please).
>
You might want to look at the type of NFS mounts you are making.  The default
(as shipped from SUN?) used to be hard mounts.  This meant that the machine
would hang untill it found it's remote file systems.  There is also a 
parameter that says whether or not you can interrupt the NFS mounts.  You
probably want soft (if supported) interruptable mounts. 

As for Yellow Pages.  Your machine may be out looking for its YP server.  I
think you can boot the machine in verbose mode and see where it hangs in
the boot up script. This is done by telling the boot rom you want to boot
in verbose mode.  

On my machine, when at home,  I have an ideal ethernet on the back (1 T 
connector and two terminators)  but it should not be needed.

<joe>

PS  This was posted after hours and is soley the work of joe freeman.