Re: [9fans] diskless terminal?

Re: [9fans] diskless terminal?

[okamoto]

>Not sure about 3c509 combos in a pc/cpu, but one works fine in my
>fileserver.

This is the very same case as me.  Yes, two 3c509B are installed into
file server and CPU server.  The other one left is attempted to use for
a terminal.

Kenji

Re: [9fans] diskless terminal?

[Nigel Roles]

Not sure about 3c509 combos in a pc/cpu, but one works fine in my
fileserver.
I wasn't expecting it to!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucio De Re" <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] diskless terminal?


> On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 11:41:03AM +0900,
okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp wrote:
> >
> > The problem was, probably, there in the ether device
driver(etherelnk3.c).
> > I tried to use 3C509B-COMBO(ID9450) which I have been using for release
2
> > systems.  Today, I changed the ether card to a NE2000 (ISA), then, I
have now
> > no problem.
> >
> Yes, I have the same symptoms, neither ISA nor PCI Etherlink IIIs seem to
> cut it?  That is a thorn in my side, anyone fixed it?
>
> > Now, I have two file servers and the others are all diskless, all the
resources
> > comes from file servers!
> >
> I never quite understood how to make a CPU server diskless, there's
> something there that beats me.  How did you do it?
>
> ++L

Re: [9fans] diskless terminal?

[okamoto]

>Yes, I have the same symptoms, neither ISA nor PCI Etherlink IIIs seem to
>cut it?  That is a thorn in my side, anyone fixed it?

 have three 3C509Bs, and two of those worked fine.  Only one
has problem under release 3.  I looked into the kernel and drivers
codes, but it beyonds my ability.   However, I noticed from the
sources that the signals may not have transmitted really.  This
leads me to doubt the ether card, and I changed it which leads me
success.  Someone who has low level programming ability may
help the problem.

>I never quite understood how to make a CPU server diskless, there's
>something there that beats me.  How did you do it?

You have to understand the booting mechanism of the new release
which is somewhat changed from release 2.  And you'll find a
dirty way to make it work.  I'm afraid Plan 9 team don't want to make
this public...  This is because I feel that they made it so intentionally...

Kenji

Re: [9fans] diskless terminal?

[Lucio De Re]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 11:41:03AM +0900, okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp wrote:
>
> The problem was, probably, there in the ether device driver(etherelnk3.c).
> I tried to use 3C509B-COMBO(ID9450) which I have been using for release 2
> systems.  Today, I changed the ether card to a NE2000 (ISA), then, I have now
> no problem.
>
Yes, I have the same symptoms, neither ISA nor PCI Etherlink IIIs seem to
cut it?  That is a thorn in my side, anyone fixed it?

> Now, I have two file servers and the others are all diskless, all the resources
> comes from file servers!
>
I never quite understood how to make a CPU server diskless, there's
something there that beats me.  How did you do it?

++L

[9fans] diskless terminal?

[okamoto]

I reported a problem of unsuccessfull boot from a diskless terminal.
This problem was solved, and now I have two versions of Plan 9 system
on sungle domain, two file servers and two auth/cpu servers and terminals
`for both release switching by a different boot floppy.  For Suns, they can
only access to release 2 Auth and File server.

The problem was, probably, there in the ether device driver(etherelnk3.c).
I tried to use 3C509B-COMBO(ID9450) which I have been using for release 2
systems.  Today, I changed the ether card to a NE2000 (ISA), then, I have now
no problem.

Now, I have two file servers and the others are all diskless, all the resources
comes from file servers!

Kenji