Still trying to netboot 6300

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Sat Feb 23 01:59:13 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "Saku Setala" <setala_at_setala.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Still trying to netboot 6300


> > All those retries are a Bad Thing. Looks more like a hardware problem.
>
> That's what I suspected in the beginning. So I swapped the hub and network
> cables and aui-rj45 transceiver. I also swapped the DEBNT card on 6300.
> No difference whatsoever. Tried even flipping the "heartbeat" on from the
> tranceiver. No different.
>
Hmm, interesting.
Have you tried whipping up a crossover cable and going direct from MV to
6300?
Just wondering if the switch ports are trying to force full duplex or
getting the autonegotiate wrong somehow.


> The boot server is a Microvax 3100/40. Two diskless Microvax 3400 boot
> happily from it without any problems.
> The R5 looks funny becouse I need to specify the Tertiary loader filename.

Oh? Why?

> With R5:0 it just freezes.

I'm definitely gonna have to dig out my 6300 manual. I don't think that
should happen.

> I've pulled out earlier all the extra cards from the 6300, so only bare
> minimum left.
> >>> SHOW CONF

Nothing there that should upset it. Interesting.

Geoff in Oz
Received on Sat Feb 23 2002 - 01:59:13 GMT