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| author | Martin Reindl <martin@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-02-15 12:46:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Martin Reindl <martin@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-02-15 12:46:48 +0000 |
| commit | 06339a5fd2eb3c0652ff94739a27630c4715575b (patch) | |
| tree | fe637d4cb4007db9046ec48ddb73de54ff4ccba1 | |
| parent | a5f4a03cebe0230885b75b6db5864e4ce5fc8765 (diff) | |
need bootparams for root path on NFS server
ok henning@
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/alpha/install | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/alpha/install b/distrib/notes/alpha/install index 3fb009f36b2..ac15fd5e51b 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/alpha/install +++ b/distrib/notes/alpha/install @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.27 2005/08/30 17:05:31 miod Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.28 2006/02/15 12:46:47 martin Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way is @@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ Booting from Network: You will also need to enable tftpd, for the MACHINE to download the "netboot" from the server in the /tftpboot directory. + Next, you need to add an entry for your MACHINE in /etc/bootparams. + For example: + + piper root=myserver:/alpha + + Enable rpc.bootparamd either by turning it on in /etc/rc.conf and + rebooting, or by running it manually. + Only uncompressed kernels are supported for booting in this release. This means you have to execute the following command on your boot server before installing a new kernel for your MACHINE to boot: |