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- From: jhd@irfu.se (Jan D.)
- Subject: Re: diskless server advice
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.095523.13448@irfu.se>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 09:55:23 GMT
- References: <1992Jul16.173516.17586@leland.Stanford.EDU> <123040004@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
- Organization: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
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- In article <123040004@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com> larryt@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Larry Thompson) writes:
- >>>As of HP-UX 9.0, discless S/400 nodes will only be bootable from a
- >>>Series 700 (or 400) server.
- >>
- >>WHAT? I've got a cluster of s300/s400 diskless machines served by a 835;
- >>that means I can't upgrade it to 9.0?
- >>
- >>OK, I can understand dropping support for ancient models in new
- >>OS versions. But I would seriously appreciate finding out about
- >>such things a little beforehand.
- >
- >This has actually been talked about ALOT (both in this notes group and some
- >HP internal notes groups). The series 800 machines will not support diskless
- >in 9.0! If you need a diskless server that is running 9.0 you must use
- >a series [347]00.
- >
- >No decision has been made yet if or when diskless will return to the s800.
- >There is a great deal of thought and effort being put into (as we speak :-))
- >this so don't give up hope.
- >
-
- No diskless at all!! Can this be true? Does this mean that our configuration
- of diskless s300 on a 835 will be impossible in 9.0? What's the rationale
- behind this? Force all s800 owners to buy new s700 machines?
-
- As about talked ALOT, it's the first time I hear about it.
-
- Jan D.
-