3. The Compaq way
Create the directories for the kernel and file system on your server, mount and copy the files from the Compaq CD. Unpack the file system:
mkdir /exports/T1500 mkdir /exports/T1500/root mkdir /exports/T1500/tftpboot mount /cdrom cp /cdrom/product/vmlinux /exports/T1500/tftpboot cd /exports/T1500/root tar xvf /cdrom/product/netboot.tar |
Configure DHCP by adding a section like this to your /etc/dhcpd.conf
Change the ethernet address to that of your T1500.
group {
#little black box
host box {
hardware ethernet 00:80:64:10:1d:1c;
fixed-address box.house;
option host-name "box";
server-name "192.168.1.1";
filename "/exports/T1500/tftpboot/vmlinux";
option root-path "192.168.1.1:/exports/T1500/root";
}
} |
Configure a new host in DNS
db.192.168.1.1: 52 in ptr box. |
db.house: box in a 192.168.1.52 |
Export the root file system by adding
/exports/T1500/root box(rw,no_root_squash) |
to
/etc/exports |
Configuring tftp by adding/altering a line to /etc/inetd.conf
tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.tftpd /exports/T1500/tftpboot |
Now restart inetd,dhcpd,nfs and named Select the 'netboot' option on the T1500, and reboot. The T1500 will now boot into something very similar to its normal O/S. You may want to add
exec /nor/Xbin/xterm & |
as the penultimate line in
/exports/T1500/root/root/.xinitrc |
and then logout and back in again, to get an xterm.