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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:43:55 GMT
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         NOVNEWS@FS1.LI.UMIST.AC.UK
Organization: UMIST, Manchester, England
Subject:      Re: SMC RPL boot prom and ether.rpl?

All

I do not clain to be an expert on remote boot but my machines use it
and we did have problems installing it so I will try to shed what
light I can. The cards I've got are Research Machines (a parochial
outfit I think?!).

> > :load etherrpl           <- Ethernet RPL Protocol stack v1.02
> > :load c:TEADRV slot=3 frame=ethernet_802.2 name=remote_bone
> > :bind etherrpl to remote_bone
>
> > then I ran Dosgen and Rplfix on net$dos.sys and copied autoexec.bat
> >   to sys:login.
> > When I then try to remote boot my workstation, it displays the message:
> >   SMC Lan Manager Remote Boot ROM v1.5
> >   Adapter Initialised successfully
> >   ....
> >   Searching for DLC RPL server, retries=xxxx
>
> > and it keeps retrying indefinetely.
>
> >Going back to the smc rpl boot rom intructions notes, it says that one must
> > install Etherrpl.nlm and ETHER.RPL on the server.
> >Now, I have looked everywhere on my server, netware 3.11 distribution disks,
> > but I could not find this ETHER.RPL file. My Novell distributor has never
> > heard of it neither. However I have found a SYSTEM\PCN2.RPL and a PUBLIC\TO-
> > KEN.RPL.

I do not know anything about ether.rpl but I have got token.rpl in
the login directory.

> >All my other stations boot with wd8003e.com and byu ipx so can the same be
 done
> > when remote booting with 802.2 boot proms?
>
> >Here is my autoexec.ncf for the braves...
> >file server name STEFANIE
> >ipx internal net 39
> >load c:TEADRV slot=3 frame=ETHERNET_II name=ebone
> >bind ipx to ebone net=38
> >register memory 1000000 1000000
> >load UPS type=STANDALONE port=231 discharge=30 recharge=60
> >load remote XXXXXX
> >load rspx
> >mount all
> >load nmagent
> >load streams
> >load clib /L2
> >load mathlibc
> >load pburst
> >set ncp packet signature option=2
> >set allow unencrypted password = on
> >load appletlk net=50000 zone={"Stefanie"}
> >load c:TEADRV slot=3 frame=ethernet_snap name=EtherTalk2
> >load c:dl2000 int=4 port=200 name=LocalTalk
> >bind appletlk to EtherTalk2 net=1-5 zone={"EE UG Labs"}
> >bind appletlk to LocalTalk net=10 zone={"Mac Room - 511"}
> >load afp
> >load atps
> >load pserver stephanie
> >load monitor
>
> >Thanks in advance.
>
> >Laurent Allegre
> >Imperial College, Elec. Eng. London
> >lpa@ee.ic.ac.uk
>
> Hi.  I've just started playing around with these cards as well, done
> everything you've just said and got exactly the same result. I didn't
> see any responses when I checked thru' the net, but if you get any could
> I please have a copy? Pretty please..? These cards are @#$%^
> frustrating!
>
> Cheers.
> Paul Gray
> University of Auckland, New Zealand.
> pr.gray@auckland.ac.nz

My instinct (which has served me well in the past) is that it is a
clash of protocols. Are you sure that the boot proms use 802.2? I
thought ipx normally used 802.3. Also, I do not know if it is
significant but you are using the same slot for the 2 protocols,
802.2 and ethernet_II, and different names. When my remote boot would
not work originally one of the reasons was that it was sending out
the wrong packet type.

HTH

Brian Wood
MCC-USU, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, England.
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