Systems boot to multi-user and full snapshots are made periodically.
There are several projects being under development to support
SCSI controllers and input devices,
@@ -23,11 +25,11 @@
This project was started in one of those days when the only
open source operating systems for HP PA-RISC computers were
-Lites and
-MkLinux.
+Lites and
+MkLinux.
These two sources were a major supply of information and
code for initial development of the OpenBSD/hppa port.
-The HPBSD
+The HPBSD
is encumbered by HP proprietary code and USL licensing and is
not publicly available.
One of the major direct benefits from previous porting efforts
@@ -36,15 +38,15 @@
build of cross-tools environment for development.
Later on HP decided to sponsor a
-Linux port to PA-RISC
+Linux port to PA-RISC
machines which actually resulted in some proprietary documentation
release, even they target different class of 9000 machines.
-One will have a boot.lif
+One will have a boot.lif
file to boot then in the obj-directory.
That image may include diskless kernel image if one was available
in the sys/arch/hppa/compile/SHEPHERD_PIE/bsd.
Kernel cross-build process is similar to the one for boot, consult
-config(8)
+config(8)
and
-options(8)
+options(8)
for kernel build options and configuration.
-In order to use the boot.lif files
+In order to use the boot.lif files
you must prepare your server and instruct your machine to boot off the network:
-
Server setup
+
Server setup
For older machines (705, 7[1235]0, old 715)
- rbootd must be setup and started.
+ rbootd must be setup and started.
/etc/rbootd.conf
contains a single line per machine you entered to boot from the server.
Each line contains the ethernet address of the client hppa machine, and
the filename to be loaded from the tftp server. For example:
- Remember you will have to enable bootpd
- and tftpd
- in /etc/inetd.conf, and restart inetd.
+ Remember you will have to enable bootpd
+ and tftpd
+ in /etc/inetd.conf, and restart inetd.
- Also remember to enable nfs_server
- , rarpd
+ Also remember to enable nfs_server
+ , rarpd
- and portmap
+ and portmap
in /etc/rc.conf.
+href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&format=html">/etc/rc.conf.
-
For further reading on server setup for network booting in general, see also: diskless(8).
+
For further reading on server setup for network booting in general, see also: diskless(8).
-
Client Network Boot
+
+
Client Network Boot
BOOT_ADMIN
In order to get to the BOOT_ADMIN prompt, you must hit <esc> as the
machine is coming up. Once it probes bootable devices, type 'a' for
the 'BOOT_ADMIN' prompt.
-
network boot command
+
network boot command
Once at the 'BOOT_ADMIN' prompt, type:
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-www@openbsd.org
+