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| author | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2010-08-16 14:39:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2010-08-16 14:39:22 +0000 |
| commit | aa9be06f3017f38dbb65f5d1d438bae0b5dd26be (patch) | |
| tree | cff4d80c80c1d10907da4473f7551fcbbde27dd2 /distrib/notes | |
| parent | 32d047f2802dc41d1653d96f5b436f2384e5ebb9 (diff) | |
Netboot description tweaks; spotted by and help krw@
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/notes')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/macppc/prep | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/prep b/distrib/notes/macppc/prep index 75406016b5f..1c21e6cbe1b 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/prep @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.17 2007/08/02 17:33:12 david Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.18 2010/08/16 14:39:21 miod Exp $ To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will need to acquire some limited knowledge of Open Firmware, the low-level process that controls the microprocessor after hardware initialization @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ the right is highlighted on the lower bank. Now hold the System Identifier button for two seconds. For more details, read: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75489 +dnl XXX Move the boot commands to install in sections (booting from network, +dnl XXX booting from cd-rom, etc) Important Open Firmware command examples: boot cd:,ofwboot /OSREV/MACHINE/bsd.rd @@ -39,9 +41,11 @@ boot cd:,ofwboot /OSREV/MACHINE/bsd.rd OpenBSD CD-ROM in the CD/DVD drive) boot enet:,ofwboot /bsd.rd - (netboot from a pre-configured bootp/tftp/nfs - server containing the "ofwboot" and "bsd.rd" - files at the root directory of the tftp server) + (netboot from a pre-configured dhcp/tftp/nfs + server; "ofwboot" will be obtained from the tftp server, + while "bsd.rd" will be obtained from the NFS server, + as specified by the "next-server" and "root-path" dhcp + options) boot ide1:,ofwboot /bsd (After installation, boot /bsd from the slave |