> consume 32MB of RAM on my desktop machine) and (usually) faster. Yes,
> Amber is nice, the graphics are spiffy (really), and it works well. But
> when I am 30 miles away trying to get a dead box running, I don't care if
> I can see the blinky lights on the modem page, I just need to reload the
> ComOS.
If all you are doing is reloading a comos, why not use pminstall for your
platform? or does it not work either?
And how are you getting into the dead box from 30 miles away? One way to
do it is connect a modem to s0 and make sure its already presaved to at&d0
and s0=1 so it will answer the line regardless of the state of the PM,
then turn on the PM, assuming somebody had hands there, making sure dip 1
was up. If the com os was corrupt or fried, it should go into rarping, you
cold press esc, type in an address, then tftp boot from a tftp server (we
have one at ftp.ams.com), then once its booted, type in the address and
netmask,and gateway if needed, reset the nic, then you should be able to
access it for com os reload via pminstall.
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AMS, Inc. fx:713-774-3498 Medical Billing
8300 Bissonnet #400 jake@ams.com Internet Services
Houston, Texas 77074 www.ams.com/~jake Business Management
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