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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2013-02-09 19:47:10 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2013-02-09 19:47:10 +0000
commitc7139fb1756480c2800abcc078e7e447ffaa9487 (patch)
tree7bfc17960d9a44a460b7121d669e8f2db9eff36f /distrib/notes/hppa
parent962f09baea9a9f568891b249e0c5189691d770cb (diff)
Update network boot configuration instructions to no longer refer to
bootparams termcap-like two-letter fields in the configuration file.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes/hppa')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hppa/install96
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hppa/install b/distrib/notes/hppa/install
index d4894f3b3f4..48d680255d3 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hppa/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/hppa/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.21 2012/06/21 01:00:36 deraadt Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.22 2013/02/09 19:47:09 miod Exp $
dnl lots of texts coming from {mvme68k,vax}/install initially
OpenBSDInstallPrelude
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ from either network, tape or CD-ROM.
Booting from Tape or CD-ROM installation media:
-You can burn a bootable CD-ROM and boot from it or you can prepare an
-installation tape as described in the "Creating an installation tape"
-section earlier.
-To boot from SCSI CD-ROM, simply insert the CD into the drive before power
-up, then during the computer's self-test cycle, press the space bar.
-Subsequently at the PROM prompt issue a command:
+ You can burn a bootable CD-ROM and boot from it or you can prepare an
+ installation tape as described in the "Creating an installation tape"
+ section earlier.
+ To boot from SCSI CD-ROM, simply insert the CD into the drive before power
+ up, then during the computer's self-test cycle, press the space bar.
+ Subsequently at the PROM prompt issue a command:
BOOT_ADMIN> search
-to initiate a search for all bootable devices available. This procedure
-may take a few minutes and should you have configured network boot services
-present may find those too. A sample output might be:
+ to initiate a search for all bootable devices available. This procedure
+ may take a few minutes and should you have configured network boot services
+ present may find those too. A sample output might be:
Path Number Device Path Device Type
----------- ----------------- -----------
@@ -29,34 +29,34 @@ present may find those too. A sample output might be:
P3 FWSCSI.0.0 SEAGATE ST318436LW
P4 SESCSI.6.0 HP HP35480A
-To boot from your CD-ROM type:
+ To boot from your CD-ROM type:
BOOT_ADMIN> boot p0
-To boot from your tape type:
+ To boot from your tape type:
BOOT_ADMIN> boot p4
Booting from Network:
-In order to bootstrap via the network, you must provide a second system to
-act as a boot server. It is convenient if this is a second OpenBSD machine
-as the necessary services are already installed, although source code for
-such programs as dhcpd can be found in OpenBSD's source tree, and should be
-reasonably portable to other UN*X-like operating systems. More information
-on diskless booting can be found in the OpenBSD diskless(8) manual page.
+ In order to bootstrap via the network, you must provide a second system to
+ act as a boot server. It is convenient if this is a second OpenBSD machine
+ as the necessary services are already installed, although source code for
+ such programs as dhcpd can be found in OpenBSD's source tree, and should be
+ reasonably portable to other UN*X-like operating systems. More information
+ on diskless booting can be found in the OpenBSD diskless(8) manual page.
-Your MACHINE expects to be able to download a so-called LIF (``Logical
-Interchange Format'') image, containing both the boot code and the kernel,
-via the HP rboot protocol, for older firmware, or via the bootp protocol,
-for more recent firmware.
+ Your MACHINE expects to be able to download a so-called LIF (``Logical
+ Interchange Format'') image, containing both the boot code and the kernel,
+ via the HP rboot protocol, for older firmware, or via the bootp protocol,
+ for more recent firmware.
-Old firmware operation
+ Old firmware operation
-Models such as 7[035]5, 715/33/50/75, 725/50/75 have an older version
-of PDC. There are two levels of interactive commands in this version.
-The first level is a short menu:
+ Models such as 7[035]5, 715/33/50/75, 725/50/75 have an older version
+ of PDC. There are two levels of interactive commands in this version.
+ The first level is a short menu:
b) Boot from specified device
s) Search for bootable device
@@ -65,25 +65,26 @@ The first level is a short menu:
Select from menu:
-In this case, you will need to setup rbootd on the server. Start by creating
-an /etc/rbootd.conf file on the bootserver. The format of this file is the
-ethernet address followed by the LIF filename. Here is an example:
+ In this case, you will need to setup rbootd on the server. Start by
+ creating an /etc/rbootd.conf file on the bootserver. The format of this
+ file is the ethernet address followed by the LIF filename. Here is an
+ example:
08:00:09:70:c4:11 lif{:--:}OSrev.fs
-Then start rbootd (or configure /etc/rc.conf to always start rbootd). Once
-rbootd is running, the server name will then appear on the MACHINE as part of
-the possible boot choices in a boot device search (``s'' command).
+ Then start rbootd (or configure /etc/rc.conf to always start rbootd). Once
+ rbootd is running, the server name will then appear on the MACHINE as part
+ of the possible boot choices in a boot device search (``s'' command).
-Modern firmware operation
+ Modern firmware operation
-More recent machines mostly those based on the 7100LC, 7200 and 7300LC CPU
-types have a different PDC version. There is only one interactive mode,
-with a BOOT_ADMIN> prompt, which provides both boot settings and commands.
+ More recent machines mostly those based on the 7100LC, 7200 and 7300LC CPU
+ types have a different PDC version. There is only one interactive mode,
+ with a BOOT_ADMIN> prompt, which provides both boot settings and commands.
-In this case, you will need to set up dhcpd on the server, which can
-serve bootp protocol requests. Start by editing the /etc/dhcpd.conf on
-the bootserver, and declare an information block. Here is an example:
+ In this case, you will need to set up dhcpd on the server, which can
+ serve bootp protocol requests. Start by editing the /etc/dhcpd.conf on
+ the bootserver, and declare an information block. Here is an example:
subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 {
host boron {
@@ -93,16 +94,17 @@ the bootserver, and declare an information block. Here is an example:
}
}
-Do not forget to enable dhcpd.
+ Do not forget to enable dhcpd.
-You will also need to enable tftpd, for the MACHINE to download the
-miniroot (bf entry) from the server in the /tftpboot (td entry) directory.
+ You will also need to enable tftpd, for the MACHINE to download the
+ installation kernel (`filename' entry) from the server in its tftp
+ directory.
-Common operation
+ Common operation
-You are now ready to bootstrap the miniroot. On your MACHINE, escape to a
-prompt and boot from the network by entering ``boot lan isl''. On old PDC
-firmware, you will need to enter administration mode first.
+ You are now ready to bootstrap the installation kernel. On your machine,
+ escape to a prompt and boot from the network by entering ``boot lan isl''.
+ On old PDC firmware, you will need to enter administration mode first.
Installing using the netboot procedure:
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart2
Boot your machine from the installation media as described above.
- It will take a while to load the miniroot image, especially from
+ It will take a while to load the installation kernel, especially from
a slow network connection or a CD-ROM, most likely more than a minute.
If some action doesn't eventually happen, or the spinning cursor
has stopped and nothing further has happened, either your boot