Re: [parisc-linux] 735 and rboot

[davisg@Celestica.com]

Oops, forgot to send this to the list.
---------------------- Forwarded by George G Davis/CCH/Celestica on 06/22/2000
12:00 PM ---------------------------


George G Davis
06/22/2000 11:57 AM

To:   Alexander Strauss <strauss@astracom.net>
cc:

Subject:  Re: [parisc-linux] 735 and rboot  (Document link: George G Davis)


The Model 735 does indeed still use rboot for booting via LAN and always will -
the rboot
protocol is embedded in the platform LAN IODC firmware. If you're using HP-UX
10.0 or
later as the LAN boot server, you can enable the rbootd server to handle boot
requests
from rboot clients. The HP-UX (10.0 or later) rbootd server converts the rboot
packets to
bootp and forwards them to the bootpd server.

I'm not aware of how to support rboot clients on non-HP-UX boot servers.

Regards,
George




Alexander Strauss <strauss@astracom.net> on 06/22/2000 03:05:23 AM

To:   Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@ok-connect.com>
cc:   parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com (bcc: George G Davis/CCH/Celestica)

Subject:  Re: [parisc-linux] 735 and rboot



Darcy,

the 735's are not using RBOOT anymore - they're using the standard BOOTP
protocol. For more information, see the comments in any standard
/etc/bootptab template or the bootp manual pages. A sample entry should
look like this

<hostname>:\
        :hd=<tftp-directory>:\
        :bf=<bootfile>:\
        :ht=ether:\
        :ha=<mac-addr>:\
        :sm=<subnet-mask>:\
        :hn:\
        :ip=<ip-address>:\
        :vm=rfc1048:

If bootpd and tftpd are ready, you can try to boot your HP with a "boot
lan" command, also the BOOTP server should be visible when searching for
bootable devices...

Regards,
Alex


Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
>
> Has anybody gotten pa-linux to boot via rboot ?
>
> My old 735/125's only give me the rboot option  for booting from the
> network (which I have never before used).
>
> if someone has instructions for this that would be extreamly helpful
> however, Any information would be useful
>
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best regards,
Alexander Strauss <strauss@astracom.net>

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