On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > Hi,
Hallo You must use mknbi-linux to set the kernel to a fixt IP:add or use dhcp. Ex: mknbi-linux --ip=dhcp kernel >new-kernel and you kan add more: mknbi-linux --ip=dhcp --append="vga=0x314 CONSOLE=/dev/tty2" kernel >new-kernel I have set up tftpboot system att work (x86) I can get you our /etc/dhcp.conf fil as a starting point if you want, but I can't get it before monday. (Exuse my bad Eng) / Riq > I have six shiny new IBM p655 nodes and I can't do a thing with > them... > > I'll save AIX aches for else where, but my Debian problem is that I > can't seem to get them to tftpboot (and they have no removable media). > > the get IP and the boot file name correctly from the DHCP server via > BOOTP, but they try and tftp from 255.255.255.255 rather than the > server I specify as "next-server" in the dhcp entry for the host or > the reasonable default of trying the BOOTP server's address. > > I've tried various and sundry things at the OpenFirmware prompt, but I > can't seem to find any info on the boot command syntax and my setenv's > aren't helping any either. > > So I guess the short question is either: > > How do I specify IP,Gateway,tftp-server,boot-file at the openfirmware > prompt? > > or > > Where can I get decent documentation on it? > > Thanks, > -Jon
