My original question was:
on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:58:44AM +0800, Bevan Broun <bevanb_at_ee.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> I have two AlphaStation 255/300s, the disk for one is dying and these
> narrow scsi disks are difficult to buy now. I though "Why dont I
> remote boot and mount from the other system". Can anyone send me some
> pointers for setting this up.
Thanks to
John Tan <John.Tan_at_asx.com.au>
"Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646" <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
Selden E Ball Jr <SEB_at_LNS62.LNS.CORNELL.EDU>
Serguei Patchkovskii <patchkov_at_ucalgary.ca>
The place to look for info is "Guide to Sharing Software on a Local
Area Network" but it seems that diskless is not possible as the OS
needs a local swap device. There may be ways around this but Im just
buying a new disk instead.
BB
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Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 01:35:14 NZDT