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authorJason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-20 06:46:28 +0000
committerJason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-20 06:46:28 +0000
commit2f461154a7628662a7ab6b55ce42dbca30678ed2 (patch)
tree4c051e85acd5202946fa957fd5b8837b3be9217c /distrib/notes
parentbd7eeb00c36f9c7bffd7f7ab1e59bf125aa6c1c8 (diff)
First cut at an updated INSTALL.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes')
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/contents42
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/hardware21
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/install355
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/prep162
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/upgrade94
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/whatis2
-rw-r--r--distrib/notes/hp300/xfer167
7 files changed, 459 insertions, 384 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/contents b/distrib/notes/hp300/contents
index 6f1ad6da239..552f58fad9c 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/contents
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/contents
@@ -12,15 +12,27 @@ out as follows:
*.tar.gz hp300 binary distribution sets;
see below.
- bsd-gen A stock GENERIC kernel, installation
- utilities and a miniroot filesystem;
- see below.
+ bsd A stock GENERIC kernel.
+
+ bsd-dl A GENERIC kernel without any support for
+ disk devices.
+
+ bsd-rd A compressed RAMDISK kernel; the embedded
+ filesystem contains the installation tools.
+
+ SYS_UBOOT Unified boot file, used for booting from
+ the network.
+
+ HP-IB.geometry A file containing geometry for some HP-IB
+ disk drives.
+
+ uboot.raw Raw boot file, used internally for booting
+ from the CDROM.
The OpenBSD/hp300 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
comprise the OpenBSD 2.2 release for the hp300. There are seven binary
-distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary
-distribution sets can be found in the "hp300/bins" subdirectory of
-the OpenBSD 2.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
+distribution tar sets. They may be found in the top of the "hp300"
+subdirectory of the OpenBSD 2.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
base22 The OpenBSD/hp300 2.2 base binary distribution. You
MUST install this distribution set. It contains the
@@ -69,21 +81,3 @@ the OpenBSD 2.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
manual pages.
[ 945.9K gzipped, 3.5M uncompressed ]
-The following are included in the `.../install' directory:
-
- SYS_INST.gz A gzipped copy of the SYS_INST miniroot
- installation program.
-
- SYS_NBOOT.gz A gzipped copy of the network boot block.
- This is useful if you are installing
- a diskless OpenBSD/hp300 system.
-
- inst-22.fs.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem.
-
- bsd.gz A gzipped GENERIC kernel.
-
- rbootd.tar.gz Source code for the rbootd(8) program, required
- for netbooting an HP workstation.
-
- HP-IB.geometry A file containing geometry for some HP-IB
- disk drives.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/hardware b/distrib/notes/hp300/hardware
index f3cd168b4cb..a2f0845c5f9 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/hardware
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/hardware
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
OpenBSD/hp300 2.2 will run on most HP 9000/300- and 400-series machines.
-The lowest amount of RAM that has been tested is 7.5M, though it
+The lowest amount of RAM that has ever been tested is 7.5M, though it
may run with less. Certainly, if you wish to run X, more RAM is
recommended.
-Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install:
- partition: advise needed
- root (/) 15M 10M
- user (/usr) 80M 45M
- swap (2 or 3 * RAM) 6M (see note below)
- Anything else is up to you!
-
-NOTE: The hp300 installation procedure utilizes a `miniroot' filesystem
-which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap are must be
-at least large enough to hold this miniroot image.
-
The following HP hardware is supported:
CPUs:
@@ -34,16 +23,19 @@ The following HP hardware is supported:
the Archive Viper.
RS232 interfaces:
- 98644 built-in single port (dca).
+ 98644 built-in and add-on single port (dca).
98642 4-port (dcm).
98638 8-port (dcm).
+ 400-series Apollo 3-port serial/keyboard mux (apci).
+ [Note: Support is incomplete. The first port is typically
+ configured as a dca device.]
Network interfaces:
98643 built-in and add-on LAN cards.
Displays:
98544, 98545, and 98547 color and monochrome Topcat.
- 98548, 98549, and 98550 color and monochrome Catseye.
+ 98548, 98549, 98550, and A1416A color and monochrome Catseye.
98700 and 98710 Gatorbox.
98720 and 98721 Renaissance.
98730 and 98731 DaVinci.
@@ -52,6 +44,7 @@ The following HP hardware is supported:
Input devices:
General interface supporting all HIL devices: keyboard,
2 and 3 button mice(***), and ID module.
+ 400-series Apollo keyboards (bootblocks, kernel soon).
Miscellaneous:
Battery-backed real-time clock.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/install b/distrib/notes/hp300/install
index 446ebec2b0a..ecd545968d9 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/install
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/install
@@ -1,78 +1,317 @@
-The miniroot's install program is very simple to use. It will guide
-you through the entire process, and is well automated. Additional
-improvements are planned for future releases.
+Installing OpenBSD is a relatively complex process, but if you have
+this document in hand and are careful to read and remember the
+information which is presented to you by the install program, it
+shouldn't be too much trouble.
-The miniroot's install program will:
+Before you begin, you should know the geometry of your hard disk, i.e.
+the sector size (note that sector sizes other than 512 bytes are not
+currently supported), the number of sectors per track, the number of
+tracks per cylinder (also known as the number of heads), and the
+number of cylinders on the disk. The OpenBSD kernel will provide limited
+information for SCSI disks, but not much.
- * Allow you to place disklabels on additional disks.
- Note that partition sizes and offsets are expressed
- in sectors. When you fill out the disklabel, you will
- need to specify partition types and filesystem parameters.
- If you're unsure what the these values should be, use the
- following:
+You should now be ready to install OpenBSD. It might be handy for you
+to have a pencil, some paper, and a calculator handy.
- fstype: 4.2BSD
- fsize: 1024
- bsize: 4096
- cpg: 16
+The following is a walk-through of the steps you will take while
+getting OpenBSD installed on your hard disk. If any question has a
+default answer, it will be displayed in brackets ("[]") after the
+question. If you wish to stop the installation, you may hit Control-C
+at any time, but if you do, you'll have to begin the installation
+process again from scratch.
- If the partition will be a swap partition, use the following:
+ Boot your machine from the CDROM or from the network. When
+ presented with the boot prompt, enter the path of your kernel.
+ (`bsd.rd' is a likely choice if you are booting over the network,
+ otherwise check the CDROM insert for the pathname of the kernel.)
- fstype: swap
- fsize: 0 (or blank)
- bsize: 0 (or blank)
- cpg: 0 (or blank)
+ You will then be presented with the OpenBSD kernel boot
+ messages. You will want to read them, to determine your
+ disk's name and geometry. Its name will be something like
+ "sd0" or "hd0" and any geometry or size information will be
+ printed on a line that begins with its name. As mentioned above,
+ you will need your disk's geometry when creating OpenBSD's
+ partitions. You will also need to know the name, to tell the
+ install tools what disk to install on. If you cannot read the
+ messages as they scroll by, do not worry -- you can get at this
+ information later inside the install program.
- You will also need to specify the number of partitions.
- The number of partitions is determined by the `index' of
- the last partition letter, where a == 1, b == 2, etc.
- Therefore, if the last filled partition is partition `g',
- there are 7 partitions. Any partitions with size of 0
- may be removed from the list.
+ While booting, you will probably see several warnings. You
+ should be warned that no swap space is present, and that
+ init(8) cannot find /etc/rc. Do not be alarmed, these are
+ completely normal. When you reach the prompt asking you for a
+ shell name, just hit return.
- If the disk is the boot disk, you _must_ offset the root
- partition (`a') one cylinder, as the hp300 boot code
- if large enough to spill past the label area. In this case,
- the `c' partition must be fstype `boot'.
+ You will be presented with a welcome message and a prompt. At
+ this time you should enter the command "install" to start the
+ installation process.
- Anything after a `#' is a comment.
+ You will be asked which terminal type to use. There are only
+ a few specific terminal types supported. If you are using a
+ graphics display, just hit return to select the default (hp300h).
+ If you are using an ASCII terminal, it should either be an HP
+ or vt100 compatible terminal; nothing else is supported.
- The following is an example disklabel partition map:
+ The install program will then tell you which disks of that
+ type it can install on, and ask you which it should use. The
+ name of the disk is typically "hd0" for HPIB/CS80 drives or
+ "sd0" for SCSI drives. If you do not wish to install on the
+ first disk, you should use the appropiate number in place of "0".
+ Reply with the name of your disk.
-7 partitions:
-# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
- a: 30912 448 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1 - 69)
- b: 130816 31360 swap # (Cyl. 70 - 361)
- c: 1296512 0 boot # (Cyl. 0 - 2893)
- e: 81984 162176 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 362 - 544)
- f: 102592 244160 4.2BSD 1024 4096 16 # (Cyl. 545 - 773)
- g: 949760 346752 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 774 - 2893)
+ Next you will have to edit or create a disklabel for the disk
+ OpenBSD is being installed on. The installation script will invoke
+ an editor allowing you to do this. Note that partition 'c' inside
+ this disk label should ALWAYS reflect the entire disk, including
+ any non-OpenBSD portions. The root file system should be in
+ partition 'a', and swap is usually in partition 'b'. It is
+ recommended that you create separate partitions for /usr and /var,
+ and if you have room for it, also for /home.
- * Create filesystems on target partitions.
+ The swap partition (usually 'b') should have a type of "swap", all
+ other native OpenBSD partitions should have a type of "4.2BSD".
+ Block and fragment sizes are usually 8192 and 1024 bytes, but can
+ also be 4096 and 512 or even 16384 and 2048 bytes.
- * Allow you to set up your system's network configuration.
- Remember to specify host names without the domain name
- appended to the end. For example use `foo' instead of
- `foo.bar.org'. If, during the process of configuring
- the network interfaces, you make a mistake, you will
- be able to re-configure that interface by simply selecting
- it for configuration again.
+ The install program will now label your disk and ask which file
+ systems should be created on which partitions. It will auto-
+ matically select the 'a' partition to be the root file system.
+ Next it will ask for which disk and partition you want a file
+ system created on. This will be the same as the disk name (eg.
+ "hd0") with the letter identifying the partition (eg. "d")
+ appended (eg. "hd0d"). Then it will ask where this partition is
+ to be mounted, eg. /usr. This process will be repeated until
+ you just hit return.
- * Mount target filesystems. You will be given the opportunity
- to manually edit the resulting /etc/fstab.
+ At this point you will be asked to confirm that the file system
+ information you have entered is correct, and given an opportunity
+ to change the file system table. Next it will create the new file
+ systems as specified, OVERWRITING ANY EXISTING DATA. This is the
+ point of no return.
- * Extract binary sets from the media of your choice.
+ After all your file systems have been created, the install program
+ will give you an opportunity to configure the network. The network
+ configuration you enter (if any) can then be used to do the install
+ from another system using NFS, HTTP or FTP, and will also be the
+ configuration used by the system after the installation is complete.
- * Copy configuration information gathered during the
- installation process to your root filesystem.
+ If you select to configure the network, the install program will
+ ask you for a name of your system and the DNS domain name to use.
+ Note that the host name should be without the domain part, and that
+ the domain name should NOT include the host name part.
- * Make device nodes in your root filesystem.
+ Next the system will give you a list of network interfaces you can
+ configure. For each network interface you select to configure, it
+ will ask for the IP address to use, the symbolic host name to use,
+ the netmask to use and any interface-specific flags to set. No
+ interface-specific flags should be required.
- * Copy a new kernel onto your root partition.
+ After all network interfaces has been configured the install pro-
+ gram will ask for a default route and IP address of the primary
+ name server to use. You will also be presented with an opportunity
+ to edit the host table.
- * Install a new boot block.
+ At this point you will be allowed to edit the file system table
+ that will be used for the remainder of the installation and that
+ will be used by the finished system, following which the new file
+ systems will be mounted to complete the installation.
- * Check your filesystems for integrity.
+ After these preparatory steps has been completed, you will be
+ able to extract the distribution sets onto your system. There
+ are several install methods supported; FTP, HTTP, tape, CD-ROM, NFS
+ or a local disk partition. To install from a tape, the distrib-
+ ution sets must have been written to tape prior to running the
+ installation program, either as tar images or as gzipped tar
+ images.
-First-time installation on a system through a method other than the
-installation program is possible, but strongly discouraged.
+ To install via FTP:
+ To begin an FTP install you will need the following
+ pieces of information. Don't be daunted by this list;
+ the defaults are sufficient for most people.
+ 1) Proxy server URL if you are using a URL-based
+ ftp proxy (squid, CERN ftp, Apache 1.2 or higher).
+ You need to define a proxy if you are behind a
+ firewall that blocks outgoing ftp (assuming you
+ have a proxy available to use).
+ 2) Do you need to use passive mode ftp? Most modern
+ ftp servers are capable of dealing with passive
+ ftp connections. You only need to enable this
+ option if you are behind a firewall that allows
+ outgoing ftp but blocks incoming tcp ports > 1023.
+ If in doubt say yes to this option.
+ Note that you will not be asked about passive
+ ftp if you are using a proxy.
+ 3) The IP address (or hostname if you enabled
+ DNS earlier in the install) of an ftp server
+ carrying the OpenBSD 2.2 distribution.
+ If you don't know, just hit return when
+ asked if you want to see a list of such hosts.
+ 4) The ftp directory holding the distribution sets.
+ The default value of pub/OpenBSD/2.2/hp300
+ is almost always correct.
+ 5) The login and password for the ftp account.
+ The default will be correct unless you are
+ doing non-anonymous ftp.
+
+ For instructions on how to complete the installation via
+ ftp, see the section named "Common URL installations" below.
+
+ To install via HTTP:
+ To begin an HTTP install you will need the following
+ pieces of information:
+ 1) Proxy server URL if you are using a URL-based
+ http proxy (squid, CERN ftp, Apache 1.2 or higher).
+ You need to define a proxy if you are behind a
+ firewall that blocks outgoing http connections
+ (assuming you have a proxy available to use).
+ 3) The IP address (or hostname if you enabled
+ DNS earlier in the install) of an http server
+ carrying the OpenBSD 2.2 distribution.
+ If you don't know, just hit return when
+ asked if you want to see a list of such hosts.
+ 4) The directory holding the distribution sets.
+ There is no standard location for this;
+ You should use the directory specified
+ along with the server in the list of official
+ http mirror sites that you received in step 3.
+
+ For instructions on how to complete the installation via
+ http, see the section named "Common URL installations" below.
+
+ To install from tape:
+ In order to install from tape, the distribution sets to be
+ installed must have been written to tape previously, either
+ in tar format or gzip-compressed tar format.
+
+ You will also have to identify the tape device where the
+ distribution sets are to be extracted from. This will
+ typically be "nrst0" (no-rewind, raw interface).
+
+ Next you will have to provide the file number of the set
+ that is to be extracted. Note that the file number starts
+ at 1, which is the first file written to the tape.
+
+ The install program will not automatically detect whether
+ an image has been compressed, so it will ask for that
+ information before starting the extraction.
+
+ To install from CD-ROM:
+ When installing from a CD-ROM, you will be asked which
+ device holds the distribution sets. This will be "cd0"
+ for the first CD-ROM drive. Next you will be asked which
+ partition on the CD-ROM the distribution is to be loaded
+ from. This is normally partition "a".
+
+ Next you will have to identify the file system type that
+ has been used to create the distribution on the CD-ROM,
+ this can be either FFS or ISO CD9660. The OpenBSD CD
+ distribution uses the CD9660 format.
+
+ You will also have to provide the relative path to the
+ directory on the CD which holds the distribution, for the
+ hp300 this is "2.2/hp300".
+
+ For instructions on how to complete the installation from
+ the CD-ROM distribution, see the section named "Common
+ file system installations" below.
+
+ To install from a NFS mounted directory:
+ When installing from a NFS-mounted directory, you must
+ have completed network configuration above, and also
+ set up the exported file system on the NFS server in
+ advance.
+
+ First you must identify the IP address of the NFS server
+ to load the distribution from, and the file system the
+ server expects you to mount.
+
+ The install program will also ask whether or not TCP
+ should be used for transport (the default is UDP). Note
+ that TCP only works with newer NFS servers.
+
+ You will also have to provide the relative path to the
+ directory on the file system where the distribution sets
+ are located. Note that this path should not be prefixed
+ with a '/'.
+
+ For instructions on how to complete the installation from
+ the CD-ROM distribution, see the section named "Common
+ file system installations" below.
+
+ To install from a local disk partition:
+ When installing from a local disk partition, you will
+ first have to identify which disk holds the distribution
+ sets. This is normally "hdN" or "sdN" where N is a
+ number 0 through 9. Next you will have to identify the
+ partition within that disk that holds the distribution,
+ this is a single letter between 'a' and 'p'.
+
+ You will also have to identify the type of file system
+ residing in the partition identified. Currently you can
+ install from partitions that has been formatted as fast
+ file system (ffs) or MS-DOS.
+
+ You will also have to provide the relative path to the
+ directory on the file system where the distribution sets
+ are located. Note that this path should not be prefixed
+ with a '/'.
+
+ For instructions on how to complete the installation from
+ the a local disk partition, see the next section.
+
+ Common file system installations:
+ The following instructions are common to installations
+ from local disk partitions, NFS mounted directories and
+ CD-ROMs.
+
+ A list of available distribution sets will be listed. If
+ any sets has already been extracted, those will be marked
+ with an X. Enter the name of one distribution set at a
+ time, until all desired distribution sets has been
+ installed on your system.
+
+ Common URL installations:
+ Once you have entered the required information, the
+ install program will fetch a file list and present
+ a list of all the distribution sets that were found
+ in the specified directory. (If no valid sets were found,
+ you will be notified and given the option of unpacking
+ any gzipped tar files found or getting a file list if
+ none were found.)
+
+ At this point you may individually select distribution
+ sets to install or enter "all" to install all of
+ the sets (which is what most users will want to do).
+ You may also enter "list" to get a file list or
+ "done" when you are done selecting distribution sets.
+ (It is also possible to enter an arbitrary filename
+ and have it treated as a file set).
+
+ Once you have selected the file sets you want to install
+ and entered "done" you will be prompted to verify that
+ you really do want to download and install the files.
+ Assuming you acquiesce, the files will begin to download
+ and unpack. If not, you will be given the option of
+ installing sets via one of the other install methods.
+
+
+ When all the selected distribution sets has been extracted, you
+ will be allowed to select which time zone your system will be
+ using, all the device nodes needed by the installed system will
+ be created for you and the file systems will be unmounted. For
+ this to work properly, it is expected that you have installed
+ at least the "base22" and "etc22" distribution sets.
+
+
+Congratulations, you have successfully installed OpenBSD 2.2. When you
+reboot into OpenBSD, you should log in as "root" at the login prompt.
+There is no initial password, but if you're using the machine in a
+networked environment, you should create yourself an account and
+protect it and the "root" account with good passwords.
+
+Some of the files in the OpenBSD 2.2 distribution might need to be
+tailored for your site. In particular, the /etc/sendmail.cf file will
+almost definitely need to be adjusted, and other files in /etc will
+probably need to be modified, as well. If you are unfamiliar with
+UN*X-like system administration, it's recommended that you buy a book
+that discusses it.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/prep b/distrib/notes/hp300/prep
index 5922c99ff1e..ddbd0bc580b 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/prep
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/prep
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-Currently, only installing the miniroot from the network is supported.
-This may change in a future release.
+The ramdisk kernel may be loaded from the network, from CD-ROM, or other
+SCSI devices (such as Zip(tm) disk). This section primarily describes the
+setup required for a network boot, but does offer information pretaining to
+installation from other media. Note that loading from HPIB or SCSI cartridge
+tape is possible, but not currently supported.
You will need information about your disk's geometry, based on 512-byte
sectors. You must have this information before proceeding. The
-file `.../install/HP-IB.geometry' has geometry inforomation for several
-HP-IB disks, but may be incomplete. Geometry may be calculated from an
-HP-UX `/etc/disktab' entry, but note that HP-UX geometry is based on
+file `HP-IB.geometry' has geometry inforomation for several HP-IB disks,
+but may be incomplete. Geometry may be calculated from an HP-UX
+`/etc/disktab' entry, but note that HP-UX geometry is based on
1024 byte sectors, while OpenBSD's is based on 512 byte sectors.
QUICK NOTE ABOUT PARTITIONS: Since the target disk will become the boot
@@ -18,69 +21,47 @@ of the disk. Later, the `c' partition will be marked with the type
with historic BSD partition conventions, the `c' partition is defined
as `the entire disk', or the `raw partition'.)
-A QUICK NOTE ABOUT DISK NUMBERS: While in the SYS_INST program, you
-may use different unit numbers for the disks than when the OpenBSD
-kernel is running. The unit number for a disk while in SYS_INST is
-calculated with the following formula:
-
- unit = (controller * 8) + slave
-
-Controllers are numbered 0, 1, ... starting with the lowest select code.
-SCSI controllers and HP-IB controllers are counted separately. Therefore,
-if you had a system with an internal HP-IB interface at select code 7,
-a fast HP-IB interface at select code 14, and a SCSI interface at select
-code 16, unit numers might be something like the following:
-
- Location Unit
- -------- ----
- HP-IB at 7, slave 2 2 (disk: rd2)
- HP-IB at 14, slave 5 13 (disk: rd13)
- SCSI at 16, slave 0 0 (disk: sd0)
-
-
- Miniroot installation via network
- ---------------------------------
-NOTE: BOOTING SYS_INST VIA THE NETWORK IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOUR BOOTROM
+ Ramdisk installation via network or CD-ROM
+ ------------------------------------------
+NOTE: BOOTING SYS_UBOOT VIA THE NETWORK IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOUR BOOTROM
IS `REV. C' OR LATER.
In order to complete this process, you will need the following from the
-`.../install' directory of the distribution:
-
- SYS_INST The standalone disklabel and miniroot
- installation tool
+`2.2/hp300' directory of the distribution:
- inst-20.fs.gz A gzipped miniroot filesystem image. This image
- must be un-gzipped before copying to disk.
+ SYS_UBOOT The unified boot block file.
-To boot SYS_INST via the network, you will need a system capable of handling
-boot requests for an HP workstation. If you will use this method, see the
-special note below.
+ bsd.rd The gziped RAMDISK kernel image.
-To boot SYS_INST from tape, you need only place SYS_INST on the tape as
-the first file.
+To boot SYS_UBOOT via the network, you will need a system capable of
+handling boot requests for an hp300. If you will use this method, see
+the special note below.
--- The following section is specific for loading SYS_INST via the network. --
+To boot from SCSI CD-ROM, simply insert the CD that is hp300 bootable into
+the drive before power up, then during the client's self-test cycle,
+press the space bar. Shortly, you should see a menu of possible boot
+options appear. Select the option corresponding to SYS_CDROM.
+SYS_UBOOT will then load and prompt you for a kernel name.
-If you wish to load the SYS_INST program via the network, you may need
-the following from the `.../install' directory in addition to the items
-listed above:
+-- The following section is specific for loading SYS_UBOOT via the network. --
- rbootd.tar.gz Source code for the rbootd program included with
- OpenBSD. It requires that the server have a
- Berkeley Packet Filter (bpf). You will need to
- compile this version of rbootd if your server
- system does not have this utility already.
+If you wish to load the SYS_UBOOT program via the network, you need to
+either have another OpenBSD system on the network, or something else
+capable of running the rbootd(8) program. Source code may be found
+under usr.sbin/rbootd in the OpenBSD source tree, but requires the
+Berkeley Packet Filter (bpf) in order to function. It may be possible to
+use HP-UX, but is not recommended (or documented here).
First of all, configure your rbootd to handle boot requests from the
client. NOTE: OpenBSD's `rbootd' is slightly different from HP-UX's.
To configure OpenBSD's `rbootd', create a file called `/etc/rbootd.conf'
and place in it an entry like the following:
- 08:00:09:04:AA:33 SYS_INST # thunder-egg
+ 08:00:09:04:AA:33 SYS_UBOOT # thunder-egg
The first column is the ethernet address of the client's network interface.
The second column is the program to send to the client, and anything after
-the `#' is a comment. Once you have rbootd running, copy the SYS_INST
+the `#' is a comment. Once you have rbootd running, copy the SYS_UBOOT
program to the /usr/mdec/rbootd directory on your server. If this
directory doesn't exist already, you will need to create it.
@@ -89,76 +70,15 @@ manual page on your server system.
Once `rbootd' is configured and running, you will be ready to continue.
+Make sure that the ramdisk kernel image (`bsd.rd') resides in a filesystem
+that is NFS exported to the client. See the manual pages on your server
+system if you need more information about exporting filesystems.
+
+You are now ready to load SYS_UBOOT. During the client's self-test cycle,
+press the space bar. Shortly, you should see a menu of possible boot
+options appear. Select the option corresponding to SYS_UBOOT.
+SYS_UBOOT will then load and prompt you for a kernel name. NFS file
+names should not have a leading '/' prepended to them, simply use `bsd.rd'.
+
------------------ End of network boot-specific section ----------------------
-Make sure that the miniroot filesystem image has been un-gzipped, and
-that it resides in a filesystem what is exported to the client. See the
-manual pages on your server system if you need more information about
-exporting filesystems.
-
-You are now ready to SYS_INST. During the client's self-test cycle, press
-the space bar a few times. Shortly, you should see a menu of possible boot
-options appear. Select the option corresponding to SYS_INST. SYS_INST will
-load and prompt you for a command.
-
-If this is a new OpenBSD installation, you will need to place a disklabel
-on the disk.
-
- sys_inst> disklabel
-
-NOTE: it may be worth selecting the `zap' option initially to ensure that
-the disklabel area is clear. This may be especially important if an
-HP-UX boot block had been previously installed on the disk.
-
-Select the `edit' option, and answer the questions about your disk.
-There may be several questions which you may not be sure of the answers
-to. Listed below are guidelines for SCSI and HP-IB disks:
-
- Bad sectoring? NO
- Ecc? NO
- Interleave? 1
- Trackskew? 0
- Cylinderskew? 0
- Headswitch? 0
- Track-to-track? 0
- Drivedata 0-4? 0 (for all Drivedata values)
-
-Next, you will be asked to fill out the partition map. You must provide
-responses for all 8 partitions. Remember, you must allocate at least 6M
-for the `b' partition, or else the miniroot will not fit. Set the size and
-offset of any unused partition to 0. Note that sizes and offsets are
-expressed in `n sectors', assuming 512 byte sectors. Care should be taken
-to ensure that partitions begin and end on cylinder boundaries (i.e. size
-and offset is an even multiple of the number of sectors per cylinder).
-While this is not technically necessary, it is generally encouraged. Note
-that you cannot enter partition types at this time. You will be given an
-oppotinuty to `clean up' the disklabel later on in the installation procedure.
-
-Once you have edited the label, select the `show' option to verify that
-it is correct. If so, select `write' and `done'. Otherwise, you may
-re-edit the label.
-
-The next step is to copy the miniroot image onto the target disk.
-
- sys_inst> miniroot
-
-You will be prompted for the target disk and the source of the miniroot
-filesytem image.
-
-Enter the filename of the miniroot image. Note that this file _must_ reside
-in the server directory being mounted. Next you will be asked for the
-client's IP address, netmask, and default router, the server's IP address,
-and the directory on the server to mount. Once you have entered this
-information, SYS_INST will attempt to mount the NFS server and begin copying
-the miniroot filesystem to the `b' partition of the target disk.
-
-Is is worth noting that this copy may take a while. It might be worth
-grabbing a cup of coffee at this point.
-
-Once the miniroot filesystem image has been copied onto the target disk,
-you may boot from the miniroot filesystem.
-
- sys_inst> boot
-
-Enter the disk from which to boot. The kernel in the miniroot filesystem
-will be booted into single-user mode.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/upgrade b/distrib/notes/hp300/upgrade
index e01e5c692c9..febdd31fd78 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/upgrade
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/upgrade
@@ -1,90 +1,6 @@
-It is possible to easily upgrade your existing OpenBSD/hp300 system
-using the upgrade program in the miniroot. If you wish to upgrade
-your system by this method, simply select the `upgrade' option once
-the miniroot has booted. The upgrade program with then guide you
-through the procedure. The upgrade program will:
+There is no upgrade mechanism supported by this release of OpenBSD/hp300,
+since it is the first official release for this architecture, and is not
+compatible with other operating systems.
- * Enable the network based on your system's current
- network configuration.
-
- * Mount your existing filesystems.
-
- * Extract binary sets from the media of your choice.
-
- * Fixup your system's existing /etc/fstab, changing the
- occurrences of `ufs' to `ffs' and let you edit the
- resulting file.
-
- * Make new device nodes in your root filesystem.
-
- * Copy a new kernel onto your root partition.
- NOTE: the existing kernel WILL NOT be backed up; doing
- so would be pointless, since a OpenBSD 1.0 kernel will
- not run OpenBSD 2.0 executables.
-
- * Install a new boot block.
-
- * Check your filesystems for integrity.
-
-While using the miniroot's upgrade program is the preferred method
-of upgrading your system, it is possible to upgrade your system
-manually. To do this, follow the following procedure:
-
- * Place _at least_ the `base' binary set in a filesystem
- accessible to the target machine. A local filesystem
- is preferred, since there may be incompatibilities
- between the OpenBSD 2.0 kernel and older route(8)
- binaries.
-
- * Back up your pre-existing kernel and copy the 2.0
- kernel into your root partition.
-
- * Reboot with the 2.0 kernel into single-user mode.
-
- * Check all filesystems:
-
- /sbin/fsck -p
-
- * Mount all local filesystems:
-
- /sbin/mount -a -t nonfs
-
- * If you keep /usr or /usr/share on an NFS server, you
- will want to mount those filesystems as well. To do
- this, you will need to enable the network:
-
- sh /etc/netstart
-
- NOTE: the route(8) commands may fail due to potential
- incompatibilities between route(8) and the OpenBSD 2.0
- kernel. Once you have enabled the network, mount the
- NFS filesystems. If you use amd(8), you may or may not
- have to mount these filesystems manually. Your mileage
- may vary.
-
- * Make sure you are in the root filesystem and extract
- the `base' binary set:
-
- cd /
- tar -xzvpf /path/to/base20.tar.gz
-
- * Install a new boot block:
-
- cd /usr/mdec
- disklabel -B <root disk, e.g. sd0>
-
- * Sync the filesystems:
-
- sync
-
- * At this point you may extract any other binary sets
- you may have placed on local filesystems, or you may
- wish to extract additional sets at a later time.
- To extract these sets, use the following commands:
-
- cd /
- tar -xzvpf <path to set>
-
-NOTE: you SHOULD NOT extract the `etc' set if upgrading. Instead, you
-should extract that set into another area and carefully merge the changes
-by hand.
+Be sure to back up any important data from your system, and then do an
+install from scratch.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/whatis b/distrib/notes/hp300/whatis
index 777c5d527db..819bd6b0163 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/whatis
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/whatis
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-This is the second public release of OpenBSD for the HP 9000/300 series of
+This is the first public release of OpenBSD for the HP 9000/300 series of
computers.
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/xfer b/distrib/notes/hp300/xfer
index 9113cb4d65b..9a9e37bb2fa 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/xfer
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/xfer
@@ -1,80 +1,93 @@
Installation is supported from several media types, including:
+
+ Local FFS partitions
Tape
- CD-ROM
- NFS
+ Remote NFS partition
FTP
-
-The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets
-for installation depend on which method of installation
-you choose. The various methods are explained below.
-
-To prepare for installing via a tape:
-
- If you wish to load SYS_INST from tape, it must
- appear on the tape before any other files. To copy
- this onto tape, use a command like the following:
-
- dd if=SYS_INST of=<tape_device> bs=20b
-
- Note that not all HP BOOTROMs support booting from
- SCSI tapes.
-
- Copying the miniroot to disk from tape is not currently
- supported. However, it is planned for a future release.
-
- If you wish to extract binary sets onto your disk from
- tape, you must first place them on the tape. The easiest
- way to do this is with the dd(1) command. Make sure you
- use a `no-rewind-on-close' tape device. For example:
-
- for file in base20.tar.gz etc20.tar.gz; do
- dd if=${file} of=/dev/nrst0 bs=20b
- done
-
- Note that depending on your tape drive, you may need to
- explicitly set the EOF marker at the end of each file.
- It may also be necessary to use the `conv=osync' argument
- to dd(1). Note that this argument is incompatible with the
- `bs=' argument. Consult the tape-related manual pages on the
- system where the tapes are created for more details.
-
-To prepare for installing via NFS:
-
- SYS_INST currently requires an NFS server from which to
- copy the miniroot.
-
- * This filesystem must be exported with root permissions,
- but may be exported read-only.
-
- * The miniroot image _must_ reside in the `root' of the
- mounted filesystem. For example, if the client system
- mounts `server:/u', then the miniroot image must reside
- in /u on the server. This is due to limitations in the
- file lookup code used in SYS_INST, and may be fixed in
- a future release.
-
- * If you also wish to install the binary sets from the
- NFS server, place them in a properly exported filesystem
- on the server. Note that these files do not suffer from
- the same placement restrictions as the miniroot.
-
-To prepare for installing via FTP:
-
- It is possible, using the `install' and `upgrade'
- programs in the miniroot, to extract the binary sets
- directly onto disk from an FTP server. This is by far
- the easiest installation method, as you may specify to
- have all sets extracted at once, providing that they
- are located in the same directory on the server.
-
- All that is required in this case is that you have
- network access to an FTP server. This may be your
- account on another system, or may even be ftp.OpenBSD.ORG
- itself. If you wish to use ftp.OpenBSD.ORG as your FTP
- file server, you may want to keep the following information
- handy:
-
- IP Address: 205.149.163.23
- Login: anonymous
- Password: <your e-mail address>
- Server path: /pub/OpenBSD/2.0/hp300/binary
+ HTTP
+ rsh & restore
+
+Obviously, the steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for
+installation or upgrade depend on which installation medium you
+choose. The steps for the various media types are outlined below.
+
+To install or upgrade OpenBSD using a tape, you need to do the
+following:
+
+ To install OpenBSD from a tape, you need to make a tape that
+ contains the distribution set files, in "tar" format. If
+ you're making the tape on a UN*X-like system, the easiest way
+ to do so is probably something like:
+
+ tar cf <tape_device> <dist_directories>
+
+ where "<tape_device>" is the name of the tape device that
+ describes the tape drive you're using (possibly /dev/rst0, or
+ something similar, but it will vary from system to system.
+ (If you can't figure it out, ask your system administrator.)
+ In the above example, "<dist_directories>" are the
+ distribution sets' directories, for the distribution sets you
+ wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the "base22"
+ and "etc22" distributions on tape (in order to do the absolute
+ minimum installation to a new disk), you would do the
+ following:
+
+ cd .../2.2 # the top of the tree
+ cd hp300
+ tar cf <tape_device> base22.tar.gz etc22.tar.gz
+
+ (Note that you still need to fill in "<tape_device>" in the
+ example.)
+
+ Once you have the files on the tape, you can proceed to the
+ next step in the installation or upgrade process. If you're
+ installing OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing
+ your hard disk, below. If you're upgrading an existing
+ installation, go directly to the section on upgrading.
+
+To install or upgrade OpenBSD using a remote partition, mounted via
+NFS, you must do the following:
+
+ NOTE: This method of installation is recommended only for
+ those already familiar with using BSD network
+ configuration and management commands. If you aren't,
+ this documentation should help, but is not intended to
+ be all-encompassing.
+
+ Place the OpenBSD distribution sets you wish to install into a
+ directory on an NFS server, and make that directory mountable
+ by the machine on which you are installing or upgrading OpenBSD.
+ This will probably require modifying the /etc/exports file on
+ of the NFS server and resetting its mount daemon (mountd).
+ (Both of these actions will probably require superuser
+ privileges on the server.)
+
+ You need to know the the numeric IP address of the NFS server,
+ and, if the server is not on a network directly connected to
+ the machine on which you're installing or upgrading OpenBSD,
+ you need to know the numeric IP address of the router closest
+ to the OpenBSD machine. Finally, you need to know the numeric
+ IP address of the OpenBSD machine itself.
+
+ Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
+ information mentioned above, you can proceed to the next step
+ in the installation or upgrade process. If you're installing
+ OpenBSD from scratch, go to the section on preparing your hard
+ disk, below. If you're upgrading an existing installation, go
+ directly to the section on upgrading.
+
+If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
+OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your existing
+file system, and using them from there. To do that, you must do the
+following:
+
+ Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
+ your current file system tree. At a bare minimum, you must
+ upgrade the "base" binary distribution, and so must put the
+ "base22" set somewhere in your file system. If you wish,
+ you can do the other sets, as well, but you should NOT upgrade
+ the "etc" distribution; the "etc" distribution contains system
+ configuration files that you should review and update by hand.
+
+ Once you have done this, you can proceed to the next step in
+ the upgrade process, actually upgrading your system.