On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 04:00, Ben Lackey <ben@REDACTED> wrote: > C:\Windows\system32>erl > Eshell V5.7.5 (abort with ^G) > 1> slave:start(columbia). > ** exception exit: not_alive > in function slave:start/5 The message says that the master node is not alive. Try with "erl -sname master" for example. regards, Vlad