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From: mck@hpcuhc.HP.COM (Doug McKenzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 834 as diskless?
Message-ID: <530015@hpcuhc.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 90 00:08:01 GMT
References: <1990May26.173136.27599@tukki.jyu.fi>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>The questions:
>- Is there another model, otherwise equivalent to the 834, that
>can be used as diskless?

Unfortunately, the only series 800s that can be used as diskless are 808 and
815.  

>- Will it be possible to use the 834 as diskless in the near future
>(with HP-UX 8.0, a new boot rom, whatever)?

I don't think it's likely in the near future, though I have no real
knowledge about this.

>- Is there any chance to make the 834 work as diskless now
>(even if it is unsupported)?

Not a chance.  None of the CIO machines (e.g. 834) run as diskless nodes.
This is why the HP-PB 808 and 815 are the only S800's to support diskless.
Note the HP-PB 822, 832 however, are not runnable as diskless.

>Any other suggestions what to do would also be welcome (buying a disk
>has already been suggested).

I'm not really competent to discuss the series 300 in terms of offering what
you need, but perhaps some 300 diskless machine would do a serviceable job.

>Tapani Tarvainen    (tarvaine@jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)

I'm sorry you had to go through this.

Doug McKenzie
Series 800 HP-UX Support

Standard disclaimer:  My words here don't reflect any HP official or
corporate recommendation or commitment.