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diskless clients -- final Q?

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From: kbesrl
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 1990 16:08
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/* Written  3:51 pm  Aug  2, 1990 by kbesrl@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu in ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.unix.ultrix */
/* ---------- "diskless clients -- final Q?" ---------- */

Hello netfolk,

I'm almost there, but not quite!  I'm setting up diskless clients
on a MicroVAX II server.  The client I'm trying to add is a MVII GPX.
Now I am at a stage, where the client tries to boot of the network.
It starts even loading the operating system image.  However,
it comes to a stage when it says:
"boot device not in table".
Then it gives a prompt:
"root device?"
Irrespective of what option I choose, there is a segmentation fault.

What is the "table" that is being accessed. How can I include
"boot device" in it?

Here is what the console looks like:
Ultrix-32 V3.1 (Rev. 9) .....
real mem = ...
avail mem = ...
.
.
MicroVAX-II with an FPU
Q22 bus
uda0 at uba0
uq0 at uda0 ...
klesiu0 at uba0
uq16 at klesiu0
qd0 at uba0
qe0 at uba0
boot device not in table
root device?
use hp%d ra%d rl%d rk%d rd%d rz%d
root device?

If I type anything here it goes like this:
root on kbesrl:/dlclient0/uikesb.root
swap on kbesrl:/dlclient0/uikesb.root/dev
..
..
crashes saying panic messages.

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks.
-- sudhakar
   sudha@kbesrl.me.uiuc.edu

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