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Old 11-02-2007
Disabling NIS at boot

I have a 44P-170 (7044-170) machine that has 4.3 ML11 installed on it and I am having a problem with NFS/NIS at boot. The machine will boot all the way up to the CDE login screen but when I log in as root, the screen goes black and will stay that way overnight. I have tried a console login as well and then I just the message:
NIS: server not responding for domain "pacnet"; still trying
repeated over and over.

How do I or can I disable NFS/NIS during the boot process so I can get access as root to fix the problem?

Thanks
SeanU
# 2  
Old 11-02-2007
# 3  
Old 11-02-2007
I have been trying to boot off the media I have 4.3.3 but it will stop after the timestamp message and the LED display is: 0518. I believe this error refers to a console error, but I am not sure how to get past it. I have tried to set the console to the monitor/keyboard/mouse I have set up. I am working off a monitor through a KVM but the keyboard and mouse are hooked up directly to the machine.

Sean
# 4  
Old 11-02-2007
You could unplug the monitor, keyboard and mouse and use the serial port with a laptop running a terminal emulator.
# 5  
Old 11-02-2007
I'll try that. Haven't used that set up in a long time, will have to do more reading and find my set of cables.
# 6  
Old 11-02-2007
Should be 9600,n,8,1 but you have to "catch" the booting process to tell it that your serial device should now be the console.
# 7  
Old 11-04-2007
NIS is configured in the file /etc/resolv.conf, to have the system only use DNS and the /etc/hosts file enter the line:

local8,bind8

If your machine refuses to let you log on properly boot it from a diagnostic CD into maintenance mode and open a shell there.

bakunin
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