>
>
> We had a similar problem when booting our MV2304's where it would
> take an extremely long time to boot. After messing with the ethernet
> settings we finally settled on changing from using rsh to tftp when
> booting our crates:
>
> ftp password = blank
> flags = 0x88
>
> Of course this means you need to have your host setup to support tftp.
> In our case our hosts are Solaris workstations.
>
> Kevin Tsubota
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Rees [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:39 AM
> > To: Mark Rivers
> > Cc: '[email protected] '
> > Subject: RE: PowerPC woes
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Mark Rivers wrote:
> >
> > > I have a different suggestion from Andrew's. I have seen a
> > very similar
> > > problem to the on Nick describes on the MVME2700. The
> > problem is actually
> > > with the Ethernet 10/100 autonegotiation. If I plug the
> > Ethernet into a
> > > 10/100 Hub it works fine. If I plug it into certain types
> > of Ethernet
> > > switches (e.g. Cisco 2924 I think) it takes several
> > minutes, and it does it
> > > twice as Nick observed. Try using a different physical
> > device and see if it
> > > improves.
> >
> > I have tried four configurations:
> >
> > 1. An autoconfiguring 10/100 switch (Allied Telesyn),
> > 2. An autoconfiguring 10/100 hub (SMC)
> > 3. A fixed 10 base T switch (Allied Telesyn)
> > 4. A fixed 100 base TX hub (Allied Telesyn).
> >
> > All with no result. Sob. Sob.
> >
> > I have also tried changing the address translation stuff as
> > per Andrew's
> > suggestions, but to no avail. However, I may have got it
> > wrong, so I will
> > continue to think about it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Nick Rees
> >
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> >