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From: trevc@tecate.mips.com (Trevor Cotton)
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Subject: Re: Naive questions on booting of ethernet
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Date: 25 May 91 01:13:40 GMT
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In article <8457@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, ramani@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Ramani Duraiswami) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> We have the following problem with our system (consisting of a MIPS RC3240 
|> server and a MIPS RS2030 workstation:
|> 
|> There was some power glitch and both systems went down, and refused to come 
|> back up.
|> 
|> The server has a tape-drive (built in), and after much struggling we were 
|> able to reboot off backup tapes.
|> 
|> However the workstation (without a tape drive) does not come back up. We 
|> were told (by MIPS service) that we could boot off the server using the 
|> ethernet connection. Unfortunately we have not been able to get the damn 
|> thing going. 
|> 
|> Request to kind souls out there:
|> 1) can you please e-mail/post the procedure for booting off ethernet ?
|> 
|>     since the server went down too, we are apprehensive that the ethernet 
|> set-up might be screwed too. so, if possible, please tell me how the 
|> server should be set up too.
|> 
|> Thanking you in anticipation,
|> 
|> Ramani Duraiswami 

You can boot the miniroot on the 2030 by utilizing
the tape drive on the 3240. You will need the RISC/os binary release
tapes to do this. Refer to the RISC/os 4.50 Binary Release
notes on the procedure to use. You should find the release notes online
in the /usr/pkg/rn directory on the 3240.
( the same procedure applies if you are using 4.50, 4.51 or 4.52 tapes )

Let me know if you want the release notes emailed.

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  Trevor Cotton, Sustaining Engineering, MIPS Computer Systems Inc.
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