Need help with DS5000 ris install

[Mike Ewan]

In article <1990Oct15.190725.26484 at jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> dw at csri.toronto.edu (Dave Wortman) writes:
>I'm trying to use /etc/ris to network install Ultrix 4.0 on a new
>DS5000/200PX.  Network connection is via the optional thick ethernet
>adapter (no thin ether in these parts).
>[...]
>
>Conjecture is that the standalone vmunix doesn't understand the
>thick ethernet port and is trying to use the null terminated 
>thin ethernet.  There doesn't appear to be any easy way to
>ifconfig the ports correctly.

You could try ifconfig'ing the port manually then restarting the
install by doing:
. /.profile

(I seem to remember needing to do this with the same kind of install
 on a VS2000.)

Mike
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