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dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.7 2009/02/17 08:26:58 jasper Exp $
To be able to boot the OpenBSD/MACHINE installation program, you will
need to learn a bit about Das U-Boot, the low-level process that controls
the microprocessor after hardware initialization.
Talking to the Thecus
The Thecus N1200 needs a serial cable. On the back of the disk drive
circuit board, there is either a 10-pin header (with one pin removed),
or 9 holes for you to solder in your own header. The ribbon cable
that connects from there to your serial cable or the serial port on
your computer is of the same type as used on older i386 PCs, but
be aware that there are two different types of 10-pin IDC to DB-9M
ribbon cable in use, which look identical (the differences are hidden
inside the DB-9 connector). The cable you need is wired using the
"AT-Everex" or "Asus" pinout, as described here:
http://www.pccables.com/07120.htm
and *not* the more straightforward to solder "crossed" type:
http://www.pccables.com/07121.htm.
If you wish to check a cable, or make your own, the pinouts are:
DB9 IDC10
=== =====
1 2 3 4 5 1 3 5 7 9
6 7 8 9 2 4 6 8 10
Wire pin 1 to 1, 2 to 2 etc, with 10 not connected.
Booting Thecus N1200
When you have connected your computer, a command like "tip -115200 tty00"
(assuming you're using the first serial port on your machine) should
connect you to the Thecus console. Now apply power to the Thecus
and start it.
After some device probe information, you should see this prompt:
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 1
You have exactly one second to press a key and enter interactive
U-Boot. Fortunately it will typically accept a key typed during the
diagnostics that precede this prompt.
The recommended way to boot OpenBSD on Thecus is to configure networking and
load bsd.bin from a TFTP server. First networking must be configured
using the setenv command.
=> setenv ipaddr 10.0.0.21
=> setenv serverip 10.0.0.7
=> setenv gatewayip 10.0.0.7
Once you have done this, and have set up your TFTP server on
the gateway machine (10.0.0.7 in the above example), you can
boot manually.
=> tftpboot 200000 bsd.bin
Speed: 1000, full duplex
Using Freescale TSEC0 device
TFTP from server 10.0.0.7; our IP address is 10.0.0.21
Filename 'bsd.bin'.
Load address: 0x200000
Loading: ##########################################################
#############################################################
...
######
done
Bytes transferred = 295148 (480ec hex)
=> go 200000
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2008 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org
OpenBSD 4.3 (RAMDISK) #175: Tue Mar 4 21:54:34 MST 2008
deraadt@socppc.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/socppc/compile/RAMDISK
real mem = 134217728 (128MB)
avail mem = 122384384 (116MB)
...
Install(I), Upgrade(U) or Shell(S)?
If you then install to your hard disk, in future you can
load the OpenBSD/socppc boot loader
=> tftpboot 200000 boot
=> bootm
and just hit "return" to boot OpenBSD.
Automatic Booting
However, for easier booting, you may wish to modify the flash
memory so that the Thecus will boot automatically into OpenBSD
when it is powered up.
=> erase fe780000 fe800000
.... done
Erased 4 sectors
=> tftpboot 200000 boot
Speed: 1000, full duplex
Using Freescale TSEC0 device
TFTP from server 10.0.0.7; our IP address is 10.0.0.21
Filename 'boot'.
Load address: 0x200000
Loading: ##########################################################
done
Bytes transferred = 295148 (480ec hex)
=> cp 200000 fe780000 20000
Copy to Flash...
512 KBdone
=> setenv bootcmd bootm FE780000
=> saveenv
Saving Environment to Flash...
Un-Protected 2 sectors
Erasing Flash...
.. done
Erased 2 sectors
Writing to Flash...
256 KBdone
Protected 2 sectors
=> reset
This configuration can easily be set back to the default, as the
Linux system does not get erased from the flash memory. To set it
back, just change the boot script with fconfig back to what it was,
for example:
=> setenv bootcmd flashboot
=> saveenv
The bootloader is command driven with timeout like many other OpenBSD
architectures.
It may be needed to increase the 'bootdelay' variable in order to give
the SATA-chip a chance to initialize. Having a too short delay could cause
OpenBSD/socppc to not find it's root device (and thus kernel image).
In some cases as much as ten seconds are needed for the delay, although
five seconds will do in most cases:
=> setenv bootdelay 5
=> saveenv
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