[Info-vax] BOOTNODE

[abrsvc]

On Feb 28, 1:48 pm, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> In article
> <4805bdc8-946c-4073-98ba-e686e8e54... at i39g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
>
> abrsvc <dansabrservi... at yahoo.com> writes:
> > If I recall correctly, this indicated the node fro which to boot a
> > diskless satellite system.  Yes, there were systems without local disk
> > drives.
>
> OK, it is "Y" if the node is a boot server and "N" if it is a satellite.
>
> What about a machine with its own system disk but no satellites booting
> from it?

A machine with its own disk that is not serving other nodes should
have this as "N".  Realize that it makes little difference in the
grand scheme of things.  If there are no nodes attempting to use this
one as a boot server, then nothing will happen.  Most systems are not
set to have this capability.
Dan