Many thanks to those who responded, too numerous to mention.
Many came up with interesting suggestions. Only one person
came up with the correct diagnosis.
Special thanks to;
miesch@bng.ge.com
>I have an IPX running Sun OS 4.1.3 as a diskless client.
>The ID prom was changed. I changed the "/etc/ethers"
>file to reflect the new MAC address and blasted out
>the NIS maps.
>
>When trying to boot off the network, I get an error msg;
>"The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
>
>Question: Is there another file(s) that needs to be
>changed or modified to get this guy to boot up? I want
>to avoid removing the client and rebuilding the client.
The "diag-device=" parameter in the eeprom had somehow been
changed from NET to DISK. Resetting this parameter brought
the IPX up. I must have a gremlin in the place. Thanks
again for all the suggestions.
Zenon
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