On Fri, 2002-12-13 16:23:04 +0100, Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
wrote in message <[🔎] 20021213152304.GA14115@paradigm.rfc822.org>:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:20:19AM -0500, Len Sorensen wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:55:22PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > > By looking at it - is there a reason why we provide mop images ? I
> > > thought mopd is able to boot/serv elf ? Wouldnt it be easier to let it also
> > > boot/serv ecoff ?
> >
> > Not all versions of mopd seem able to. I had a lot of pain trying to
> > get mopd to do anything right last I used it. Just finding a version
> > that would compile or run was hard enough.
> >
> > Stupid broken dec firmware. WHy didn't they test tftp boot.
>
> tftp is ip - Remember the good old days ? They used Decnet not IP :)
More than that - mop is actually quite more than only "sending a kernel
file". With mop, you can have remote console access! Like telnet in
firmware:-) Unfortunately, we don't yet have a linux counterpart to
remotely control the boxes. Are specs available therefor? I'd be
interested...
MfG, JBG
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