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diff --git a/distrib/notes/alpha/install b/distrib/notes/alpha/install index 1c27b4c6bd5..ddf58566abe 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/alpha/install +++ b/distrib/notes/alpha/install @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.25 2005/03/18 13:31:13 miod Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.26 2005/08/29 19:07:39 mickey Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude -dnl XXX document mopbooting, and bootp netbooting from the SRM console. There are several ways to install OpenBSD onto a disk. The easiest way is to boot from the bootable CD-ROM mini image, then install from your favorite source. You can also use one of the OpenBSD installation floppies, if your -machine has a floppy drive. +machine has a floppy drive. Network booting is supported through means of +dhcpd(8) and tftpd(8). Booting from Floppy Disk installation media: @@ -50,13 +50,57 @@ Booting from CD-ROM installation media: your MACHINE is not currently supported by OpenBSD; try booting from a floppy instead if possible. +Booting from Network: -Installing using the Floppy or CD-ROM procedure: +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 mopd 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 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 piper { + filename "netboot"; + option root-path "/alpha"; + hardware ethernet 00:02:56:00:73:31; + fixed-address 10.42.42.42; + } + } + +Do not forget to enable dhcpd, either as a standalone process. + +You will also need to enable tftpd, for the MACHINE to download the +"netboot" from the server in the /tftpboot directory. + +Only uncompressed kernels are supported for booting i 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: + + # gzip -dc bsd.rd > /alpha/bsd + +This assumes you have path /alpha exported via NFS. + +Once loaded netboot will mount /alpha over NFS and load the +kernel from there. + +Installing using the Floppy, CD-ROM or Network procedure: OpenBSDInstallPart2 Boot your machine from the installation media as described above. + It will take a while to load the miniroot image, 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 + media is bad, your diskless setup is incorrect, or you may have + a hardware or configuration problem. + OpenBSDBootMsgs You will next be asked for your terminal type. If you are |