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authorMartin Reindl <martin@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-02-15 12:46:48 +0000
committerMartin Reindl <martin@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-02-15 12:46:48 +0000
commit06339a5fd2eb3c0652ff94739a27630c4715575b (patch)
treefe637d4cb4007db9046ec48ddb73de54ff4ccba1 /distrib/notes/alpha
parenta5f4a03cebe0230885b75b6db5864e4ce5fc8765 (diff)
need bootparams for root path on NFS server
ok henning@
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diff --git a/distrib/notes/alpha/install b/distrib/notes/alpha/install
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@@ -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: