Does i must use bootp or can i assign server IP directly on yaboot.conf ?? JP
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2000, FASSINO Jean-Philippe > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Just a small question, > >How configure Yaboot for boot over tftp ? > > Several things: > > - Configure your bootp/tftp server so that it assigns an IP address > to the machine and download yaboot binary to the client as the default > boot image. > > - On the tftp server, along with yaboot itself, put yaboot.conf, the kernel > and eventually the ramdisk > > - In yaboot.conf, use path of the form "enet:file" (or "enet:0,file" if you > are having problems with the first one). > > Example of yaboot.conf I use for netboot: > > image = enet:vmlinux > label = linux > initrd = enet:ramdisk.image.gz > initrd-size = 8192 > > If you want the kernel itself to use bootp to get an IP address and to > boot over > an NFS root, then you have to read the corresponding kernel docs and compile > the proper support in it (network autoconfig/bootp and nfs/nfs-root) > You may also have to set the no_root_squash option in your NFS /etc/exports. > > An example /etc/bootptab I use: > > .default: \ > :dn=mipsys.com:\ > :ds=192.168.1.2:\ > :gw=192.168.1.1:\ > :sm=255.255.255.0: > > imac:ht=ethernet:ha=000A278EB19C:tc=.default:ip=192.168.1.16:hn:\ > :bf=/tftpboot/yaboot:bs=auto:sa=192.168.1.17: -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Philippe FASSINO France Telecom R&D : DTL/ASR Tel : 04 76 76 45 52 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
