From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:58:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from eezi.conceptual.net.au ([IPv6:::ffff:203.190.192.22]:61588 "EHLO eezi.net.au") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:58:42 +0100 Received: from swift (203-190-195-081.dial.usertools.net [::ffff:203.190.195.81]) by eezi.net.au with esmtp; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:58:26 +0800 Message-ID: <000e01c4696f$f65cf4f0$0a9913ac@swift> From: "Collin Baillie" To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org References: <20040710100412.GA23624@linux-mips.org> <00ba01c46823$3729b200$0deca8c0@Ulysses> <20040713003317.GA26715@linux-mips.org> <000701c468ae$141c3e50$0a9913ac@swift> <20040713080320.GC18841@lug-owl.de> Subject: Re: Help with MOP network boot install on DECstation 5000/240 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:57:52 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 5465 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: collin@xorotude.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips > [Thanks for *not* hijacking threads] Sorry *blush* > So it seems to try to get a file some times and gives up on it. Oh.. I think it asks for the file, but the mopd server is not sending it. I am only guessing though. > Maybe you'd try Debian's install image? Maybe, but on a _shared_ 31.2k dialup link, it takes a while to download... and other people tend to get upset... I am using jigdo to get the 4 - 6 ISO images.. if there's a better (smaller / faster to download) method, I'd love to hear about it. I really would like to get to know Debian as I'm a Slackware man and have had to use RedHat at work.. Debian would be another nice addition to my Linux skillset. > By the way, which mopd are you using? There are several of them around, > some quite unuseable... Umm.. 2.5.3. I downloaded one from linux-mips.org, and applied all the patches in the order listed in the spec file, but it doesn't compile. So I compiled another 2.5.3 (79k as opposed to the 48k tgz file I got from linux-mips.org) and it compiles and responds, but still no file transfer. (I am compiling/running on i386 arch, so I am wondering if all those patches are necessary...) I've read that MOP images usually have some special header in them (NetBSD website) and someone mentioned that mopd-linux will fudge those headers if the kernel doesn't have them... or something... I am perservering with it, and will eventually get there... but for now, I just thought someone might have more of a clue than I do. Thanks, Collin Baillie