dnl $OpenBSD: install,v 1.27 2015/03/27 20:55:56 miod Exp $ OpenBSDInstallPrelude({:-MSCP or other non-SCSI disks-:}) For most systems, the easiest way to install OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV is via diskless booting over an Ethernet network. You will need both the "boot.mop" image and the "bsd.rd" kernel to boot. You will also need a machine configured as a rarp, MOP, bootparam, and NFS server. However, should your VAX support local storage, we provide a floppy sized image that can be written onto a disk in another machine, and when booted on the VAX will present you with the standard install prompt. If you used this method you can skip ahead to the "ready to install OpenBSD" section. 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 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. When you turn on your VAX, it will run an extensive and model specific set of self-diagnostic ROM routines. When it is done, you should see a >>> prompt (also called the chevron prompt) on the console. Typing "show dev" or "show ethernet" to get the VAX Ethernet device's MAC address usually works; also try "TEST 50" on MicroVAXen 2000 and 3100. You will need to create an /etc/ethers file on the bootserver. This file will be used by rarpd to answer rarp (Ethernet address->IP address) requests. The format of this file is the Ethernet address followed by the machine name or address. Here is an example: 08:00:2b:24:72:00 quickvax Note that the server must be able to resolve "quickvax" to the IP address you intend to use for your new vax system. This can be accomplished by an entry in /etc/hosts. Then start rarpd (or configure /etc/rc.conf to always start rarpd). Copy boot.mop into /tftpboot/mop/1a2b3c4d5e6f.SYS, where "1a2b3c4d5e6f" represents the six octets of your Ethernet address. For example, the filename for the machine described above would be "08002b247200.SYS". Note that all non alphanumeric characters must be stripped and the MAC portion must be lower case, the extension upper. Start mopd by typing "mopd -a", if you've not configured it to run by default. Next you need to export a directory for your new machine to mount over NFS. This is accomplished by adding an entry to /etc/exports such as: /export/MACHINE -maproot=root quickvax In a typical NFS install, the directory `/export/MACHINE' will contain the ramdisk kernel image `bsd.rd', although it is possible to populate it with a full VAX filesystem to act as a true NFS root. Ensure that your server is configured to export NFS properly, and is running nfsd, mountd, and the rpc portmapper. See the exports(5) manpage for more information. Finally, you need to add an entry for your MACHINE in /etc/bootparams. For example: quickvax root=myserver:/export/MACHINE Enable rpc.bootparamd either by turning it on in /etc/rc.conf and rebooting, or by running it manually. You are now ready to mopboot your MACHINE. Typing "B ", where is your VAX's Ethernet device, at the chevron prompt should then load the OpenBSD booter. Installing using the netboot procedure: OpenBSDInstallPart2 Boot your machine from the installation media as described above. The OpenBSD bootloader will appear, and a countdown should begin; type any key on the console to interrupt and type boot bsd.rd It will take a while to load the kernel especially on a slow machine, or from a slow network connection, 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 diskless setup is incorrect, or you may have a hardware or configuration problem. OpenBSDInstallPart3(the quick brown vax jumped over the lazy pdp,"sd0" for SCSI drives,{:-"ra0" for MSCP drives-:}, or "hd0" for MFM drives) OpenBSDInstallPart4 dnl Authoritative source for the affected systems list: Antonio Carlini in dnl http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2000/01/21/0007.html OpenBSDInstallPart5(,{:- Due to firmware limitations on some systems, you should make sure the whole 'a' partition is CONTAINED WITHIN THE FIRST 1GB of the disk if you intend to boot from it. The affected systems are: all VAXstation 3100, and MicroVAX 3100 models 10, 10e, 20 and 20e shipped before april 1992.-:}) OpenBSDInstallPart6({:-CD-ROM, NFS, -:}) OpenBSDURLInstall OpenBSDCDROMInstall OpenBSDNFSInstall OpenBSDDISKInstall(,{:-only -:}) OpenBSDCommonInstall OpenBSDInstallWrapup OpenBSDCongratulations OpenBSDUnattendedInstallation