Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!achille
From: achille@cernvax.UUCP (achille)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Diskless node booting problems
Keywords: Diskless, Boot, Partner
Message-ID: <740@cernvax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jul 88 16:00:27 GMT
References: <9622@eddie.MIT.EDU> <3cfe9f27.10ea@dl10ea.engin.umich.edu>
Reply-To: achille@cernvax.UUCP ()
Organization: CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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I've seen another problem with diskless nodes appearing at sr9.5
(sr9.6 actually):
When a diskless crashes (or is reset), it leaves its `node_data/boot_shell
file locked and then will fail the boot sequence with a 'uid request failed'
message. The workaround (???) I've found is to "dlf -du" the boot_shell
file at the end of the `node_data/startup.whatever file. This seems to
work fine.
Hope this helps,
	Achille Petrilli