3.0 server problems - urgent need for resolution

[Hurf Sheldon]

	I am trying to get diskless Vaxstation2000's to boot off a uVaxII
	- The uVaxII was not originally a server. I installed all the
	Supported and Unsupported Ultrix3.0 and UWS2.0 software, the
	UDSRIS020 and UDSVAXUPGRD020 software. I believe their may be
	an additionl piece of software from some 'Network Kit' referred to
	in the manuals but not by specific part number or title that
	our Educational Software Library or our sales reps can identify.

	The problem is that after the client starts to boot - right at the
	point /etc/rc would normally start - the system hangs with no
	error message on the client screen, in the server syslog or syserr
	files.

	This is suspiciously like a previous problem with the RIS utility
	under 3.0 that was solved when i got may hands on the UDSRIS020
	and UDSVAXUPGRD020 software. I was told by the support people in
	Colorado I needed some undocumented  software - they gave me
	a part number my sales rep has yet to track down (14 weeks) and
	would still be without if I hadn't tried the stuff that came with
	some risc machines out of desparation. 

	Please, if anyone out there knows the correct name for the 
	'Network Kit' , the part number, the solution to the problem or 
	can set us up to do a setld from their system to get the
	software it looks like we need, send me mail or call.

	The reason I think we may be missing sometheing is that the
	RISC server stuff comes with a different dms setup - /etc/dms.new
	and /var/diskless/dms.a.

	BTW: I modified /etc/dms to load from the network - just tested
	     for a "*:" argument to pass to setld - that seemed to work
	     fine. One glitch was during the install portion 
	     /usr/hosts/MAKEHOSTS gets run with the argument 
	     /var/diskless/root0.vax/usr/hosts and our /etc/hosts
	     was 300k!- so make a note to be sure /etc/hosts is small
	     when doing a new install of a diskless environment.

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