I forgot to mention:
If the application isn't running on the host, the client boots just fine - no problem at all.
I need to be able to reboot the client without shutting down the application on the host.
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Client booting problem
>
>
> Managers:
>
> I'm working with a pair of Alphas running 4.0D - one machine
> as the host and the other as the dms client, and we're
> experiencing a conflict of sorts.
>
> The problem shows up when I've got an Alpha running as a host
> and running our application code. (The application does some
> communications through sockets with applications that run on
> the client computers - the full environment has multiple
> clients, but the problem is reproducible with just the pair)
>
> While the application is running, if I try to boot the client
> Alpha, it never makes it up all the way. The following is a
> capture of the console while this is going on:
>
> PU 0 booting
>
> (boot ewa0.0.0.6.0 -flags a)
>
> Trying BOOTP boot.
>
> Broadcasting BOOTP Request...
> Received BOOTP Packet File Name is: /clients/dlnetlcf/.vmunix
> local inet address: 192.45.xx.xxy
> remote inet address: 192.45.xx.xxx
> TFTP Read File Name: /clients/dlnetlcf/.vmunix
> netmask = 255.255.255.0
> Server is on same subnet as client.
> ...Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
> ........Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
> ........Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
> .......Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
> ........Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
> ........Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
> ........Block FFFFFFF2 is not in any zone
>
> And it continues, but won't boot until the application
> running on the host is killed.
>
> Have you seen this before, or do you maybe have an idea what it is?
>
> Is it possible that we're tying up sockets on the host that
> are needed for the client to do the network boot, and thus
> the bootp request isn't serviced?
>
> Is it possible that it's something as straightforward as tftp
> timing out on the bootp, only requiring some adjustment of settings?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Patrick Norris
> patrick.norris_at_trw.com
>
Received on Wed Aug 29 2001 - 22:35:01 NZST