From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Terminal Problem From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-chwbimbzvbvovtnjzgmccmsxlv" Message-Id: <20010416181444.BBA20199FA@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:12:00 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8256eca4-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-chwbimbzvbvovtnjzgmccmsxlv Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the root can come from the file server -- answer il to root from ... -- but the file server itself doesn't boot terminals using bootp/tftpd. that's done by a cpu server running ip/dhcpd and ip/tftpd. see the commented-out lines in /rc/bin/cpurc. furthermore the terminals need to be set for booting in /lib/ndb (eg, /lib/ndb/local), for instance ip=200.1.1.46 ether=00a0cc3cd489 sys=vivido dom=vivido.vitanuova.com bootf=/386/9pc proto=il the ether= and bootf= are needed for booting; proto=il is needed to cause the terminal once booted to use il for other services (such as cpu). if ip/dhcpd is running on a cpu server, you can look at /sys/log/ipboot to track its actions. for the above entry to work, the /lib/ndb/local also should have fs= and auth= entries at the subnet or network level. (you can include them per terminal, but that's normally done only if they need to be different from the default configuration.) --upas-chwbimbzvbvovtnjzgmccmsxlv Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from tele-punt-22.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.7]) by lavoro; Mon Apr 16 18:59:54 BST 2001 Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 987444282:20:19601:0; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:04:42 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa2019420; 16 Apr 2001 18:04 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.16.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id C0D0019A08; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:04:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jupiter.scs.ryerson.ca (unknown [141.117.150.31]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 1E1A5199E4 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:03:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from localhost user: 'diafrate', uid#26582) by jupiter.scs.ryerson.ca with ESMTP id ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:02:58 -0400 From: Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] Terminal Problem Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:02:58 -0400 (EDT) We seem to have a problem with out terminal setup. Bootp times out when we try to boot from ether0. Do we have to compile a kernel for this. We're booting from a floppy trying to boot from the file server. Thanks in advance --upas-chwbimbzvbvovtnjzgmccmsxlv--