Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!think!ames!sun-barr!lll-winken!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!renegade!jweldon From: jweldon@renegade.sgi.com (Jack Weldon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: help needed with distcp Message-ID: <2231@odin.SGI.COM> Date: 26 Dec 89 17:24:25 GMT References: <8912211321.AA00221@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 34 In article <8912211321.AA00221@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov> fsfacca@AVELON.LERC.NASA.GOV (Tony Facca) writes: > >I am trying to install 3.2 from a server on the net. (via remote tape drive) > > boot -f $tapedevice(sash.ip6) --m (page 3-14) > >It doesn't specify what tapedevice should be set to. The remote server is >called "avelon". So I try: > >Tony Facca I'm not sure what manual you are looking in, but in the 4D1-3.2 Release Notes, Page 2-13, in the section for installing via a remote tape drive, it says: "Set the 'tapedevice' environment variable as shown in the example below. Replace 'remotehost' in the command line below with the name of the remote computer" setenv tapedevice bootp()remote_host:/dev/tape Then boot the standalone shell 'sash' from the tape on the remote computer. Replace CPU with your appropriate CPU type (IP4, IP5, IP7...): boot -f $tapedevice(sash.CPU) --m So, for a 4D70GT loading from machine blitzen, the commands would be: setenv tapedevice bootp()blitzen:/dev/tape boot -f $tapedevice(sash.IP4) --m Hope that helps. Jack Weldon SGI Product Support