1997-05-26 07:44:42 +04:00
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/* $NetBSD: README,v 1.3 1997/05/26 03:44:42 jeremy Exp $ */
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1997-03-13 19:27:27 +03:00
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The sun bootblocks are split into two parts: a small 1st-level program that
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gets written right after the superblock in a partition (and is hence limited
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in size to SBSIZE - DEV_BSIZE bytes), and a 2nd-level program that resides
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in the filesystem proper.
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The 1st-level program is loaded into memory by the PROM. It loads the second
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stage program from a set of filesystem block numbers that are hard-coded
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into it by the `installboot' program. The prototype code for the 1st-level
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bootblocks are in `bootxx'.
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The 2nd-level program (`ufsboot') is normally installed in the root FS
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as `/ufsboot'. It uses the device drivers in the PROM and the stand-alone
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filesystem code in `libsa.a' to locate and load the kernel.
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Use the following command to install the 1st-level bootblocks in the
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root filesystem (on `sd0a') using the file `/boot' as the second level
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boot program:
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mount /dev/sd0a /mnt
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cd /usr/mdec
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cp -p ufsboot /mnt/ufsboot
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sync ; sleep 1 ; sync
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./installboot -v /mnt/ufsboot bootxx /dev/rsd0a
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The above only works with securelevel <= 0 (see init.8 manual).
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Status:
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1997-03-15 06:41:01 +03:00
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netboot works. (3/13/1997)
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ufsboot works. (3/13/1997)
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1997-05-26 07:44:42 +04:00
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tapeboot works. (5/23/1997)
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1997-03-13 19:27:27 +03:00
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bootxx, installboot are tested and working. It would be nice if
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installboot would find the inumber for the 2nd stage boot program
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without having the filesystem mounted so this command can work
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with securelevel==1 (the default). Doing this requies adding
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code to read and do a directory lookup in the root...
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