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emgaron
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Wrote the following at May 3, 2010, 12:48 p.m...

MrWeedster wrote:

[...]
So i go there and what do i see? It made another entry:

Code:

   host iris61{
   
   hardware ethernet from;
   
   fixed-address 192.168.0.63;
   
   }

I can redo this a billion times, it just counts the hostnames up.

Not quite sure whether I understand your posting correctly, but if that is the actual entry you are using, I would indeed expect a MAC address in place of the "from" you have in there - that's the way it works for my OpenBSD server and I'd be surprised if Dina was any different (isn't it also BSD based? Haven't used it yet).

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MrWeedster
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Wrote the following at May 3, 2010, 12:59 p.m...

Well the actual entry im using is as following:

Code:

  Host mybox{
  
  hardware ethernet 08:00:69:xx:xx:xx;
  
  fixed-address 192.168.0.62;
  
  }

the xx:xx:xx is of course the rest of my correct hw adress - just dont want to share it to the public.
Well i finally got the output of dhcpd -d -f:

Code:

  Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.3
  
  Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
  
  Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
  
  Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
  
  Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
  
  Listening on BPF/pcn0/00:0c:29:e8:a3:c2/192.168.0/24
  
  Sending on   BPF/pcn0/00:0c:29:e8:a3:c2/192.168.0/24
  
  Sending on   Socket/fallback/fallback-net
  
  BOOTREQUEST from 08:00:69:xx:xx:xx via pcn0
  
  BOOTREPLY for 192.168.0.62 to mybox (08:00:69:xx:xx:xx) via pcn0
  
  Terminated

After that it seems that dhcpd is restarting itself adding another host to dhcpd.conf containing that entry:

Code:

  host iris61{
  
  hardware ethernet from;
  
  fixed-address 192.168.0.63;
  
  }

Cause its a faulty entry it quits with the error message i described above...

I dont know what to do there.

deBug
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Wrote the following at May 3, 2010, 1:51 p.m...

MrWeedster wrote:

I dont know what to do there.

Redo the initial IP setup of DINA.
It will clear the entire config but will keep your uploaded files.

You cant edit the dhcpd.conf file in DINA, it is dynamically created from scripts.

Good luck.
//Harry

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MrWeedster
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Wrote the following at May 3, 2010, 2:11 p.m...

@deBug: I did that a few times already.

Well i figured out... very courious thing here...

First i wondered about that "from" in the place where there should the mac be.

So i came across /usr/dina and looked a bit into the files there and found the scripts which extract the mac from the bootrequest.
So there is the line in the script which is responsible for the "from" in my dhcpd.conf:

Code:

  grep -n -F -e"BOOTREQUEST from 08:00:69:" /var/log/dhcpd.log | sort -k5 | uniq -f5 | cut -f 8 -d' ' >/usr/dina/newsgibootprequests
 

Short version:
The cut -f 8 was the problem - it should've been 9. I corrected it and it works now.
But i wonder how this could be the hell true? Unbelievable...

greets

deBug
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Wrote the following at May 5, 2010, 11:31 a.m...

MrWeedster wrote:

@deBug: I did that a few times already.

Short version:
The cut -f 8 was the problem - it should've been 9. I corrected it and it works now.
But i wonder how this could be the hell true? Unbelievable...

greets

Hi MrWeedster
It is now nearly two years since I did the coding and the testing but from the far corners of my mind pops up some distant memory's of your problem.
At one point in my testing I think I arrived at a similar situation that you have reached where the script had to be changed.

From what I can remember I believe it had something to do with the SGI storing either the IP of the netboot server or storing its own IP number in the NVRAM.
Come to think about it I think it was it's own stored IP number that could mess up things.

So try clearing out the NVRAM and redo the DINA setup and then try again (with the original script)

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bviking
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Wrote the following at Aug. 8, 2010, 2:34 a.m...

D-EJ915 wrote:

do 'setenv -p srvaddr 192.168.1.100' and see if it works then, this is what I have to do on all of mine.

Just did a fresh (in fact my first ever) install of Irix 5.3 on an Indy using DINA last night. I had to set "srvaddr" as per the above first, but then everything went pretty soothly!

Thanks Debug!!

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deBug
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Wrote the following at Aug. 8, 2010, 3:22 a.m...

bviking wrote:

D-EJ915 wrote:

do 'setenv -p srvaddr 192.168.1.100' and see if it works then, this is what I have to do on all of mine.

Just did a fresh (in fact my first ever) install of Irix 5.3 on an Indy using DINA last night. I had to set "srvaddr" as per the above first, but then everything went pretty soothly!

Thanks Debug!!

Your welcome!
Nice to hear that it is working fine on 5.3 with the above tips.

//deBug

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smj
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Wrote the following at Nov. 6, 2010, 2:09 p.m...

deBug wrote:

I updated the original post to point here http://se.mirror.nekoware.net/IRIX/DINA/DINA1.0.zip
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***Update***
DINA is now located at
http://se.mirror.nekoware.net/SGI_relat ... ation.html
and
http://se.mirror.nekoware.net/SGI_related_files/DINA/

It seemed rude to keep pulling it over the Atlantic, and I didn't see a copy when I poked around the nekoware US mirror, so I've put up a copy of the DINA VM and documentation here: http://www.shiftleft.com/mirrors/nekochan/DINA (at a colo in Santa Clara, CA).

There's also a copy of the 328MB ZIP of the VM files here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b427dc3/n/DINA1.0.zip

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deBug
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Wrote the following at Nov. 7, 2010, 9:25 a.m...

smj wrote:

It seemed rude to keep pulling it over the Atlantic, and I didn't see a copy when I poked around the nekoware US mirror, so I've put up a copy of the DINA VM and documentation here: http://www.shiftleft.com/mirrors/nekochan/DINA (at a colo in Santa Clara, CA).

There's also a copy of the 328MB ZIP of the VM files here: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b427dc3/n/DINA1.0.zip

Thank you smj.

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smj
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Wrote the following at Dec. 25, 2010, 11:12 p.m...

I've started putting together a DINA HowTo Wiki Page with basic information, some of the key problems & tips from this thread, download sites, etc.

The background info is in place, but I haven't added in my setup and usage steps yet. I've got some Octanes I need to configure and install, so I intend to validate my notes from November and capture some screenshots along the way. Should make for a good guide.

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deBug
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Wrote the following at Dec. 26, 2010, 4:05 a.m...

smj wrote:

I've started putting together a DINA HowTo Wiki Page with basic information, some of the key problems & tips from this thread, download sites, etc.

The background info is in place, but I haven't added in my setup and usage steps yet. I've got some Octanes I need to configure and install, so I intend to validate my notes from November and capture some screenshots along the way. Should make for a good guide.

That is a good idea smj, thank you for your work so far, great info!

Good luck with Octane installs. Without me trying to offend the Install goods - it should probably be a walk in the park.
The machines and IRIX I got problems with during my testing was the older ones like Indigo with IRIX 5.3
IRIX 6.5 was tested on Indy, Indigo2 and O2 so I don't expect any problems for your Octane.

//Harry

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smj
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Wrote the following at Dec. 26, 2010, 10:58 a.m...

Thanks - 6.5.19 and the .22 overlays were no problem on the Origin 300 with DINA, which is how I got my notes from November. I used that same VM to install 6.5.30 on a Fuel, so I don't expect any problems with the Octanes. As of last night I've run through all the setup steps and just need to load the IRIX CD contents.

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Adrenaline
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 2:36 p.m...

Trying to get my Origin 300 up and running. Got DINA all configured with all the cds, I can see it on my network through Samba too.

However no matter what I try (resetenv, crossover cable, Origin 300 + Linux box on their own switch) all I get is:

Unable to execute bootp()192.168.2.100:/irix/6.5/1/dist/sa(sash64): could not connect to server
Cannot load bootp()192.168.2.100:/irix/6.5/1/dist/sa(sash64) -- could not connect to server.

Any ideas?

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Adrenaline
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 3:50 p.m...

Thinking about it some more, my Origin 300 has a Fiber Channel card in it, would that affect things or not?

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PymbleSoftware
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 4:01 p.m...

Adrenaline wrote:

Thinking about it some more, my Origin 300 has a Fiber Channel card in it, would that affect things or not?

No. FibreChannel not supported in PROM for booting options, can not install from or onto FC. I have FC cards in my o300s and installed IRIX successfuly.

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Adrenaline
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 4:40 p.m...

PymbleSoftware wrote:

Adrenaline wrote:

Thinking about it some more, my Origin 300 has a Fiber Channel card in it, would that affect things or not?

No. FibreChannel not supported in PROM for booting options, can not install from or onto FC. I have FC cards in my o300s and installed IRIX successfuly.

R.

Shucks, I was hoping that was it.

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PymbleSoftware
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 4:50 p.m...

Adrenaline wrote:

Trying to get my Origin 300 up and running. Got DINA all configured with all the cds, I can see it on my network through Samba too.

However no matter what I try (resetenv, crossover cable, Origin 300 + Linux box on their own switch) all I get is:

Unable to execute bootp()192.168.2.100:/irix/6.5/1/dist/sa(sash64): could not connect to server
Cannot load bootp()192.168.2.100:/irix/6.5/1/dist/sa(sash64) -- could not connect to server.

Any ideas?

Check the ipaddress of the o300. These error messages look like network problems to me.
From memory at the ">>" prompt type "printenv", in any case type "help" and track down network options.

R.

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D-EJ915
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 5:48 p.m...

I had to put in the server address into the prom options when I used it previously, it's posted earlier in the thread.

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Adrenaline
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Wrote the following at Jan. 5, 2012, 6:21 p.m...

Here's my boot login over console:

Code:

  IP35 PROM SGI Version 6.182  built 04:29:57 PM Oct 20, 2004
  
  Testing/Initializing memory ...............      DONE
  
  Copying PROM code to memory ...............      DONE
  
  Discovering local IO ......................      DONE
  
  Discovering NUMAlink connectivity .........
  
  Local hub NUMAlink is down.
  
  *** Local network link down
  
  DONE
  
  Found 1 objects (1 hubs, 0 routers) in 16411 usec
  
  Waiting for peers to complete discovery....      DONE
  
  No other nodes present; becoming global master
  
  Global master is /hw/rack/001/bay/16
  
  Intializing any CPUless nodes..............      DONE
  
  Checking partitioning information .........      DONE
  
  No other nodes present; becoming partition master
  
  Local slave entering slave loop
  
  Loading BASEIO prom .......................      Local slave entering slave loop
  
  Local slave entering slave loop
  
  DONE
  
  BASEIO PROM Monitor SGI Version 6.182  built 04:24:33 PM Oct 20, 2004 (BE64)
  
  4 CPUs on 1 nodes found.
  
  Automatic update of PROM environment disabled
  
  Installing PROM Device drivers ............
  
  Base I/O Ethernet set to /dev/ethernet/ef0
  
  Probing Fibre Adapter 3: Found 0 device(s).
  
  Walking SCSI Adapter 0, (pci id 1)
  
  1+ Device Vendor Product: MAXTOR ATLAS15K_36SCA
  
  2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- = 1 device(s)
  
  Walking SCSI Adapter 1, (pci id 1)
  
  1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- = 0 device(s)
  
  Initializing PROM Device drivers ..........             DONE
  
  Checking hardware inventory ...............              DONE
  
  **** System Configuration and Diagnostics Summary ****

printenv results:

Code:

  AutoLoad=No
  
  root=dks0d1s0
  
  nonstop=0
  
  rbaud=19200
  
  SystemPartition=dksc(0,1,8)
  
  OSLoadPartition=dksc(0,1,0)
  
  OSLoader=sash
  
  OSLoadFilename=unix
  
  TimeZone=PST8PDT
  
  console=d
  
  oldConsolePath=/hw/module/001c16/iobrick
  
  gConsoleIn=default
  
  gConsoleOut=default
  
  diskless=0
  
  scsihostid=00
  
  ProbeAllScsi=n
  
  RestorePartEnv=y
  
  dbaud=9600
  
  volume=80
  
  sgilogo=y
  
  AutoPROMVars=0
  
  cpufreq=500
  
  dbgtty=/dev/tty/hubtty0
  
  ConsolePath=/hw/module/001c16/iobrick
  
  ConsoleOut=/dev/tty/hubtty0
  
  ConsoleIn=/dev/tty/hubtty0

Tried using the "setenv -p srvaddr 192.168.1.100" and get a: ARP couldn't resolve network address.

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Wrote the following at Jan. 6, 2012, 9:50 a.m...

Have you troed another network cable?

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