El 14/12/2012, a les 13:49, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> va escriure:
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.
Hmmm I was thinking about DSSI clustering ;)
Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
jg at jordi.guillaumes.name
HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
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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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Jordi
Guillaumes i Pons
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 04:00
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
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
HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
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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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Jordi
Guillaumes i Pons
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 04:00
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
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
HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
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
HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
yes, I'm not sure on your model, but on the 3100 is one of the dip
switches (white switch on red,) look in the back of the box, there
should be also a reset button next to it, when set it will boot
automagically the default boot disk (you need to set from SRM)
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:58 PM, <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
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.
What I need to do to make it autoboot wasn't exactly clear :)
I'll take a look on Sunday when I have access to the machine itself.
Sampsa
On 13 Dec 2012, at 23:54, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
The answer is almost certainly in here?
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/vax/640/EK-179A-MG-001_KA640_Oct…
I don't know, I kind of assumed you checked the manual... but the Yeti's might have eaten it ;)
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http://DECtec.info
Twitter: @DECtecInfo
HECnet: STAR69::MARK
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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.
What I need to do to make it autoboot wasn't exactly clear :)
I'll take a look on Sunday when I have access to the machine itself.
Sampsa
On 13 Dec 2012, at 23:54, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
The answer is almost certainly in here?
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/vax/640/EK-179A-MG-001_KA640_Oct…
I don't know, I kind of assumed you checked the manual... but the Yeti's might have eaten it ;)
--
Mark Benson
http://DECtec.info
Twitter: @DECtecInfo
HECnet: STAR69::MARK
Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.
On 12/13/2012 04:36 PM, John Wilson wrote:
I propose the following format:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|11-15|03-00|10-07|04-06|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
[...]
Hopefully that is neither big endian or little endian so there won't be any
arguments. I call it middle-endian, or rob-endian for short.
Happy? :-)
Ecstatically! A truly great network protocol is one that's equally painful
for all hosts. This would be great for on-disk data structures too. Genius!!
ROFL!!
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
From: "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
I propose the following format:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|11-15|03-00|10-07|04-06|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
[...]
Hopefully that is neither big endian or little endian so there won't be any
arguments. I call it middle-endian, or rob-endian for short.
Happy? :-)
Ecstatically! A truly great network protocol is one that's equally painful
for all hosts. This would be great for on-disk data structures too. Genius!!
John Wilson
D Bit
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Paul_Koning at Dell.com
Sent: 13 December 2012 21:02
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] VCF-East on HECnet?
Why? DEC-10 is big endian... :-)
paul
On Dec 13, 2012, at 3:48 PM, John Wilson wrote:
From: "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
Big endian, I use htons() to prepare the length for network
transmission.
Big-endian, for a DEC-only protocol?! Heresy!
John Wilson
D Bit
I propose the following format:
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|11-15|03-00|10-07|04-06|
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Note the following
1. Each cell is nibble, left most cell is the most significant half of the
byte it represents
2. The cells are the bits numbers of the 16-bit number being represented, 0
is the least significant bit
3. Where the nibble bit range is descending the bits start at the most
significant bit and go to the least significant bit
4. Where the nibble bit range is ascending the bits are in the reverse
order.
Hopefully that is neither big endian or little endian so there won't be any
arguments. I call it middle-endian, or rob-endian for short.
Happy? :-)
Regards
Rob
