Alpha managers,
We do a lot of DU installs, but we can't guarantee a DU machine
on each subnet - so we don't use RIS or DMU. We can guarantee
a unix host with bootpd & tftpd. With 3.2c, we
hacked the kernel on the CD (/vmunix) and inserted our own
script overwriting .profile. The vmunix would allow us to:
#1) boot over the net with bootp & tftp
#2) put / & /usr in RAM allowing us to partition the hard drive
and install the OS on the hard drive.
With 4.0a (& 4.0), the CD & kernel is different. The only way
that I saw of accomplishing #1 was to do a "doconfig -n". But,
the kernel generated wants to nfs mount / & /usr and bombs when
it can't (thus not accomplishing #2).
I'm assuming that it is trying to nfs mount from the
same host that provides the bootp & tftp. [Also, I think that it
is trying a DHCP rather than bootp & I don't know what else DEC's
DHCP (joind) might supply the client.
So, does anyone know if I can get the bootp kernel that I want,
or of another avenue ? (rather than -- one -- carting around the
CD or -- two -- hacking the latest 3.2 kernel to provide the RAM disk)
Thanks in advance,
Jim Surlow
UC Irvine
Received on Wed Nov 06 1996 - 07:42:44 NZDT