Booting with BOOTP

From: Pecsenyanszky Istvan <pecseny_at_inf.bme.hu>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 18:17:50 +0200 (MET DST)

Hello,

We have more AlphaServer 2100, and we wants to boot these machines with BOOTP
from another Alpha. Everything works fine, but when it is booted in single
user mode, I get the following error message:

   Cannot determine RIS home directory on

Another problem, that the device tu0 is not initialized. The ifconfig says:

   # ifconfig tu0
   tu0: flags=c63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST,SIMPLEX>
     inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0 ipmtu 1500 P00>>>

We are using a bootp gateway, because the Alphas are not in the same subnet,
but I think, it not occur any problem.

The full console log is included in the end of the letter.

Any help is appreciated,

Istvan Pecsenyanszky
<pecseny_at_inf.bme.hu>

==============================================================================

P00>>>
P00>>>
P00>>>show config
                        Digital Equipment Corporation
                           AlphaServer 2100 4/200

SRM Console V3.9-89 VMS PALcode X5.48-89, OSF PALcode X1.35-55

Component Status Module ID
CPU 0 P B2020-AA DECchip (tm) 21064-3
Memory 0 P B2021-BA 64 MB
Memory 1 P B2021-BA 64 MB
I/O B2110-AA
                                dva0.0.0.1000.0 RX26

 Slot Option Hose 0, Bus 0, PCI
   0 DECchip 21040-AA ewa0.0.0.0.0 08-00-2B-E2-54-2A
   1 NCR 53C810 pka0.7.0.1.0 SCSI Bus ID 7
                                dka0.0.0.1.0 RZ28
                                dka600.6.0.1.0 RRD43
   2 Intel 82375EB Bridge to Bus 1, EISA

 Slot Option Hose 0, Bus 1, EISA
   2 CPQ3011
   8 DEC3002 fra0.0.0.8.1 08-00-2B-A3-EB-B4
P00>>>
P00>>>
P00>>>
P00>>>b ewa0
(boot ewa0.0.0.0.0 -flags 0)

Trying BOOTP boot.
local inet address: 131.188.43.22
remote inet address: 131.188.33.21
TFTP Read File Name: /var/adm/ris/ris0.alpha/vmunix
................................................................................
........................................................................
bootstrap code read in
base = 1ea000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 96a870
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1dc000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

Secondary boot program - Thu Feb 2 18:13:06 EST 1995

Loading vmunix ...
Current PAL Revision <0x4000000010530>
Switching to OSF PALcode Succeeded
New PAL Revision <0x4000000020123>
Loading into KSEG Address Space

Sizes:
text = 4240464
data = 5509152
bss = 1386400
Starting at 0xfffffc00002388e0


INIT: SINGLE-USER MODE
Cannot determine RIS home directory on
#
#
#
# ifconfig tu0
tu0: flags=c63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST,SIMPLEX>
     inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0 ipmtu 1500
#
Received on Fri Jul 07 1995 - 19:07:25 NZST

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