[HECnet] Itanium install media

[Sampsa Laine]

Yeah, the EFI stuff is ACTUALLY quite self explanatory, I think I should be able to get the Netboot working. Now I don't actually have   a SCSI drive to do the install onto, so will have fun seeing what USB devices will work :)

Sampsa


On 15 Sep 2008, at 20:50, gerry77 at mail.com wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:57:25 +0100, you wrote:

You seemed to know a bit about the integrity boxes, I've just got an   
rx2600, but have NO idea what to do next.

I've hooked up the management processor to a DHCP-serving LAN, but   
it's not picking up an IP address. Any idea how to reset it to factory   
defaults?

I've seen on comp.os.vms that you've managed to resolve your problems and I'm
glad about that because I do not know anything about Itanium hardware: I'm an
Italian DECnet group member, that's true, and we do have an Itanium system on
our network, but... That system is in Rome and I'm in Bologna (about 500 km
north of Rome), so I've never put my hands on it! :-P

If I remember correctly you'll have to fiddle with EFI menus to start a PXE
network boot (a combination of bootp and tftp) and then using InfoServer you
should be able to start OpenVMS 8.x installation, then you'll have to fiddle
again with EFI to set back boot from a local disk or you can use the SETBOOT
command procedure (maybe in SYS$MANAGER or SYS$UPDATE) which should help you
in changing EFI setting quite easily...

Let me know!
G.