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Date:      Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:47:32 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help!  My Disks Are GONE...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811060928150.19324-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981105185248.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>

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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote:

> 
> Doug Rabson, On 05-Nov-98 you wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > Shall I try to move the controller and its disks to the working
> > > machine?
> >  
> >  I would try moving just the disks to a working machine and then if that
> >  works, test the controller in another machine.
> 
> Will do as soon as the build finishes.  The PW 433au is solid as a rock.  I
> have a feeling as if this is a more stable platform than the i386 is. 
> Definitely can take load in stride.

I have a 433au and a 164lx and they have both been excellent workhorses so
far.  My 164lx doesn't have the ncr/de combo card though so I have no
experience with that.

> 
> > > Is there a documented way to boot the box over the net with ALL
> > > filesystems
> > > over NFS?
> >  
> >  This isn't supported yet.  Netbooting just loads the kernel at the
> >  moment.
> >  I need to write some code to wire up the NFS root mount.
> 
> Just let us know.  I am attracted to the idea of having all the disk I/O
> done in one place;  Saves on backup hassles, keeps my source tree uniform,
> etc.

Ok.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891
					Fax:   +44 181 381 1039



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