332 lines
9.4 KiB
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332 lines
9.4 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: diskless.8,v 1.11 1997/06/16 07:50:35 mrg Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross, Theo de Raadt
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\"
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.Dd October 2, 1994
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.Dt DISKLESS 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm diskless
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.Nd booting a system over the network
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The ability to boot a machine over the network is useful for
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.Xr diskless
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or
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.Xr dataless
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machines, or as a temporary measure while repairing or
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re-installing filesystems on a local disk.
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This file provides a general description of the interactions between
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a client and its server when a client is booting over the network.
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The general description is followed by specific instructions for
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configuring a server for diskless Sun clients.
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.Pp
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.Sh OPERATION
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When booting a system over the network, there are three
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phases of interaction between client and server:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width 1.2 -compact
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.It 1.
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The PROM (or stage-1 bootstrap) loads a boot program.
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.It 2.
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The boot program loads a kernel.
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.It 3.
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The kernel does NFS mounts for root.
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.El
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.Pp
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Each of these phases are described in further detail below.
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.Pp
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In phase 1, the PROM loads a boot program. PROM designs
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vary widely, so this phase is inherently machine-specific.
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Sun machines use
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.Tn RARP
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to determine the client's
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.Tn IP
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address and then use
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.Tn TFTP
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to download a boot program from whoever sent the
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.Tn RARP
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reply. HP 300-series machines use the
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.Tn HP Remote Maintenance Protocol
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to download a boot program.
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Typical personal computers may load a
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network boot program either from diskette or
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using a special PROM on the network card.
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.Pp
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In phase 2, the boot program loads a kernel. Operation in
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this phase depends on the design of the boot program.
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(The design described here is the one used by Sun and NetBSD/hp300.)
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The boot program:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width 2.2 -compact
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.It 2.1
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gets the client IP address using
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.Tn RARP .
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.It 2.2
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gets the client name and server
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.Tn IP
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address by broadcasting an
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.Tn RPC / BOOTPARAMS / WHOAMI
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request with the client IP address.
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.It 2.3
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gets the server path for this client's
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root using an
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.Tn RPC / BOOTPARAMS / GETFILE
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request with the client name.
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.It 2.4
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gets the root file handle by calling
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.Xr mountd 8
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with the server path for the client root.
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.It 2.5
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gets the kernel file handle by calling
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.Tn NFS
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lookup on the root file handle.
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.It 2.6
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loads the kernel using
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.Tn NFS
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read calls on the kernel file handle.
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.It 2.7
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transfers control to the kernel entry point.
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.El
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.Pp
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In phase 3, the kernel does NFS mounts for root.
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The kernel repeats much of the work done by the boot program
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because there is no standard way for the boot program to pass
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the information it gathered on to the kernel.
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The procedure used by the kernel is as follows:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width 2.2 -compact
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.It 3.1
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The kernel finds a boot server using the same procedure
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as described in steps 2.1 and 2.2 above.
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.It 3.2
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The kernel gets the
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.Tn NFS
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file handle for root using the same procedure
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as described in steps 2.3 through 2.5 above.
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.It 3.3
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The kernel calls the
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.Tn NFS
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getattr function to get the last-modified time of the root
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directory, and uses it to check the system clock.
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.El
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.Sh CONFIGURATION
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Before a client can boot over the network,
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its server must be configured correctly.
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This example will demonstrate how a Sun client
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might be configured -- other clients should be similar.
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.Pp
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Assuming the client's hostname is to be
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"myclient",
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width 2.1 -compact
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.It 1.
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Add an entry to
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.Pa /etc/ethers
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corresponding to the client's ethernet address:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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8:0:20:7:c5:c7 myclient
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.Ed
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This will be used by
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.Xr rarpd 8 .
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.Pp
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.It 2.
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Assign an IP address for myclient in your
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.Pa /etc/hosts
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or DNS database:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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192.197.96.12 myclient
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.It 3.
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If booting a Sun machine, ensure that
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.Pa /etc/inetd.conf
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is configured to run
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.Xr tftpd 8
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in the directory
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.Pa /tftpboot .
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.Pp
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If booting an HP 300-series machine, ensure that
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.Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
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is configured properly to transfer the boot program to the client.
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An entry might look like this:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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08:00:09:01:23:E6 SYS_UBOOT # myclient
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.Ed
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.Pp
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See the
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.Xr rbootd 8
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manual page for more information.
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.Pp
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.It 4.
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If booting a SPARC machine, install a copy of the appropriate diskless boot
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loader (such as
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.Pa /usr/mdec/boot )
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in the
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.Pa /tftpboot
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directory.
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Make a link such that the boot program is
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accessible by a file name composed of the client's IP address
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in HEX, a dot, and the architecture name (all upper case).
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For example:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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# cd /tftpboot
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# ln -s boot C0C5600C.SUN4
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.Ed
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.Pp
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For a Sun3 machine, the name would be just C0C5600C
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(the sun3 PROM does not append the architecture name). The name
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used is architecture dependent, it simply has to match what the
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booting client's PROM wishes to it to be.
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If the client's PROM fails to fetch the expected file,
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.Xr tcpdump 8
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can be used to discover which filename the client is trying to read.
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.Pp
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If booting an HP 300-series machine, ensure that the network boot program
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.Pa SYS_UBOOT
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(which may be called
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.Pa uboot.lif
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before installation)
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is installed in the directory
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.Pa /usr/mdec/rbootd .
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.It 5.
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Add myclient to the bootparams database
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.Pa /etc/bootparams :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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myclient root=server:/export/myclient/root
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.It 6.
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Build the swap file for myclient:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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# mkdir /export/myclient
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# cd /export/myclient
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# dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=16k count=1024
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.Ed
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This creates a 16 Megabyte swap file.
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.Pp
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.It 7.
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Populate myclient's
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.Pa /
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filesystem on the server. How this is done depends on the
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client architecture and the version of the NetBSD distribution.
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It can be as simple as copying and modifying the server's root
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filesystem, or perhaps you need to get those files out of the
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standard binary distribution.
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.Pp
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Note that, unlike SunOS, you need to create a mount point for the
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client's swap:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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# mkdir /export/myclient/root/swap
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.It 8.
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Export the required filesystems in
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.Pa /etc/exports :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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/usr -ro myclient
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# for SunOS:
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# /export/myclient -rw=myclient,root=myclient
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# for NetBSD:
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/export/myclient -maproot=root -alldirs myclient
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.Ed
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.Pp
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If the server and client are of the same architecture, then the client
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can share the server's
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.Pa /usr
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filesystem (as is done above).
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If not, you must build a properly fleshed out
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.Pa /usr
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partition for the client in some other place.
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.Pp
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If your server was a sparc, and your client a sun3,
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you might create and fill
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.Pa /export/usr.sun3
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and then use the following
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.Pa /etc/exports
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lines:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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/export/usr.sun3 -ro myclient
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/export/myclient -rw=myclient,root=myclient
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.It 9.
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Copy and customize at least the following files in
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.Pa /export/myclient/root :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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# cd /export/myclient/root/etc
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# cp fstab.nfs fstab
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# cp /etc/hosts hosts
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# echo myclient > myname
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# echo 192.197.96.12 > hostname.le0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Note that "le0" above should be replaced with the name of
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the network interface that the client will use for booting.
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.Pp
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.It 10.
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Correct the critical mount points and the swap file in the client's
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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(which will be
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.Pa /export/myclient/root/etc/fstab )
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ie.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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myserver:/export/myclient/root / nfs rw 0 0
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myserver:/usr /usr nfs rw 0 0
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myserver:/export/myclient/swap none swap sw,nfsmntpt=/swap
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Note, you must specify the swap file in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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or it will not be used!
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/rbootd -compact
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.It Pa /etc/ethers
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Ethernet addresses of known clients
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.It Pa /etc/bootparams
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client root pathname
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.It Pa /etc/exports
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exported NFS mount points
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.It Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
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configuration file for HP Remote Boot Daemon
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.It Pa /tftpboot
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location of boot programs loaded by the Sun PROM
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/rbootd
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location of boot programs loaded by the HP Boot ROM
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.El
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Xr bootparams 5 ,
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.Xr ethers 5 ,
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.Xr exports 5 ,
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.Xr bootparamd 8 ,
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.Xr mountd 8 ,
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.Xr nfsd 8 ,
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.Xr rarpd 8 ,
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.Xr rbootd 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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.Xr tftpd 8
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