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Add descriptions of the differneces between the Sun and hp300 diskless

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boot procedures.
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.\" $NetBSD: diskless.8,v 1.5 1995/08/08 21:37:40 gwr Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: diskless.8,v 1.6 1995/09/02 17:12:32 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross, Theo de Raadt
@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ address and then use
.Tn TFTP
to download a boot program from whoever sent the
.Tn RARP
reply. Typical personal computers may load a
reply. HP 300-series machines use the
.Tn HP Remote Maintainance Protocol
to download a boot program.
Typical personal computers may load a
network boot program either from diskette or
using a special PROM on the network card.
.Pp
In phase 2, the boot program loads a kernel. Operation in
this phase depends on the design of the boot program.
(The design described here is the one used by Sun.)
(The design described here is the one used by Sun and NetBSD/hp300.)
The boot program:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 2.2 -compact
@ -165,15 +168,28 @@ or DNS database:
.Ed
.Pp
.It 3.
Ensure that
If booting a Sun machine, ensure that
.Pa /etc/inetd.conf
is configured to run
.Xr tftpd 8
in the directory
.Pa /tftpboot .
.Pp
If booting an HP 300-sseries machine, ensure that
.Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
is configured properly to transfer the boot program to the client.
An entry might look like this:
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
08:00:09:01:23:E6 SYS_NBOOT # myclient
.Ed
.Pp
See the
.Xr rbootd 8
manual page for more information.
.Pp
.It 4.
Install a copy of the appropriate diskless boot loader (such as
If booting a Sun machine, install a copy of the appropriate diskless boot
loader (such as
.Pa boot.sun4.sunos.4.1.1
from the SunOS media) in the
.Pa /tftpboot
@ -195,6 +211,14 @@ If the client's PROM fails to fetch the expected file,
.Xr tcpdump 8
can be used to discover which filename the client is trying to read.
.Pp
If booting an HP 300-series machine, ensure that the network boot program
.Pa SYS_NBOOT
(which may be called
.Pa netboot.lif
before installation)
is installed in the directory
.Pa /usr/mdec/rbootd .
.It 5.
Add myclient to the bootparams database
.Pa /etc/bootparams :
@ -277,15 +301,19 @@ myserver:/usr /usr nfs rw 0 0
.Ed
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/rbootd -compact
.It Pa /etc/ethers
Ethernet addresses of known clients
.It Pa /tftpboot
location of boot programs loaded by PROM
.It Pa /etc/bootparams
client root and swap pathnames
.It Pa /etc/exports
exported NFS mount points
.It Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
configuration file for HP Remote Boot Daemon
.It Pa /tftpboot
location of boot programs loaded by the Sun PROM
.It Pa /usr/mdec/rbootd
location of boot programs loaded by the HP Boot ROM
.El
.Sh "SEE ALSO"
.Xr rarpd 8 ,
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.Xr mountd 8 ,
.Xr exports 5 ,
.Xr nfsd 8 ,
.Xr rbootd 8 ,
.Xr reboot 8