Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 12:12:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Subject: Re: Best serial console server construction method? Message-ID: <20030526121129.J43487-100000@foem> In-Reply-To: <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com>
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> Be careful buying old DEC Servers, if you don't have a VMS > or Tru64 box around; when they boot, they ask for their > MOP_MOM. 8-). Basically, their firmware gets downloaded > via MOP, and they need something to talk to them to be able > to boot (MOP = Maintenance Operations Protocol). Some annex-es do the same; but they use bootp/tftp - so as long as you can get your mittens on the boot.bin code to put in your tftp directory you are fine. Dw
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