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| author |   downsj <downsj@openbsd.org> | 1999-08-16 10:20:56 +0000 |
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| committer | downsj <downsj@openbsd.org> | 1999-08-16 10:20:56 +0000 |
| commit | 8d373828381a7d59a6595bc151633751db117d18 (patch) | |
| tree | 26ad77702c6878ac20ac2ee51a352cf828b8c781 | |
| parent | Kill meaningless reset printf(). (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-8d373828381a7d59a6595bc151633751db117d18.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-8d373828381a7d59a6595bc151633751db117d18.zip | |
Document the current state of CD-ROM booting.
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/hp300/prep | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/hp300/prep b/distrib/notes/hp300/prep index ed10cf2b871..1b1c8f9cda1 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/hp300/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/prep @@ -24,24 +24,33 @@ as `the entire disk', or the `raw partition'.) Ramdisk installation via network or CD-ROM ------------------------------------------ NOTE: BOOTING SYS_UBOOT VIA THE NETWORK IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOUR BOOTROM -IS `REV. C' OR LATER. +IS `REV. C' OR LATER. (This only applies to the 320/350 era machines.) In order to complete this process, you will need the following from the `OSREV/hp300' directory of the distribution: SYS_UBOOT The unified boot block file. - bsd.rd The gzipped RAMDISK kernel image. + bsd.rd The uncompressed RAMDISK kernel image. + + bsd.rd.gz The gzipped RAMDISK kernel image. To boot SYS_UBOOT via the network, you will need a system capable of handling boot requests for an hp300. If you will use this method, see the special note below. To boot from SCSI CD-ROM, simply insert the CD that is hp300 bootable into -the drive before power up, then during the client's self-test cycle, +the drive before power up, then during the computer's self-test cycle, press the space bar. Shortly, you should see a menu of possible boot -options appear. Select the option corresponding to SYS_CDROM. -SYS_UBOOT will then load and prompt you for a kernel name. +options appear. Select the option corresponding to SYS_CDBOOT. +SYS_CDBOOT will then load and begin loading bsd.rd from the CD; depending +on your ROM revision and hardware configuration, you may or may not see +any messages on the console while this happens. + +Please note that booting from CD-ROM may not be supported by all models of +hp300. You will also need a CD-ROM drive which uses 512 byte blocks; +anything which shipped with an hp300 or is known to boot a SPARC or black +NeXTStation should work. -- The following section is specific for loading SYS_UBOOT via the network. -- |