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 Lines: 10 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