[HECnet] Auto-booting a MicroVAX 3400

[sampsa at mac.com]

OK, will have a play with all this on Sunday.

I still think (from reading the KA640 manuals) that some magical switch is not in the right posiition or something..

Sampsa


On 14 Dec 2012, at 14:49, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:

Don't set the system root device for the satellite node!   Let the boot
node take care of ISL using the MAC address of the satellite.

-Steve

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[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Jordi 
Guillaumes i Pons
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 04:00
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] Auto-booting a MicroVAX 3400

If it is like a 3300 (and I think it is) there are TWO 
switches to set up properly to get an autoboot. I'll check my 
3300's when I get home this evening and I'll post the 
positions I have got.

Also, take into consideration the uVAX won't boot if the 
NVRAM battery is dead... (It will try to netboot IIRC).

Oh, one last thing, you should set the default boot device:

SET BOOT Dxxx

And if it is clustered:

SET BFLAG x0000000 (being "x" the root suffix)


El 13/12/2012, a les 22:58, sampsa at mac.com va escriure:

I did read the manual actually - but it talks about some 
physical switch to put it in "normal" console mode - I think 
that's   what it's in right now.

Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
jg at jordi.guillaumes.name
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