On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:48:43 -0800 (PST), RobertsonEricW
<robertsonericw at netzero.net> wrote:
>Thanks for all the information on setting up the network boot! I have
>no doubt this information will come in handy.
>
>Eric
i did say the network booting was another can of worms;
and the above just demonstrated/listed a itanium network boot
but didn't offer much of a recipe/howto...
the HPQ docs are pretty good, but googling didn't
(iirc) pull up many examples.
the following "notes" vis tftp/bootp, might help (or not),
with the network boot
(and others may chime in with better ways to do this ...)
the ipb.exe, vms_loader.efi came from the i64 install disk
and the tftp/boot server in the example below was a VMS alpha;
and I had the infoserver running on the same server (iirc).
I didn't capture very much (any) of how to add
a network card boot to the Intanium's boot options
(but iirc, it wasn't hard. either or my system had one already)
TFTP/BOOTP: (enable both of these obviously)
$ CREATE/DIRECTORY TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT:[V83]
$ COPY LDA65:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]IPB.EXE TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT:[V83SA]
$ COPY LDA65:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]VMS_LOADER.EFI
TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT:[V83SA]
$ DEFINE /SYSTEM TCPIP$TFTP_TRACE 1
$ DEFINE /SYSTEM TCPIP$TFTP_EXTLOG 1
$ DEFINE /SYSTEM TCPIP$BOOTP_TRACE 1
$ tcpip set host NODE1 /addr=10.0.0.2
$ tcpip set host NODE2 /addr=10.0.0.3
$ arp -s NODE1 00-30-6E-39-E6-FE
$ arp -s NODE2 00-30-6E-39-66-DE
$ tcpip set bootp NODE1 /HARDWARE=ADDRESS=00-30-6E-39-E6-FE
/FILE=[V83SA]VMS_LOADER.EFI
$ tcpip set bootp NODE2 /HARDWARE=ADDRESS=00-30-6E-39-66-DE
/FILE=[V83SA]VMS_LOADER.EFI
$ mcr ess$ladcp show service
Interrogating network for Disk services, please wait...
Disk services offered by node NODE1 (LAD V3.1, Address:
08-00-2B-86-86-3E)
......................Current Writes
Service: Device: Rating: Connects: Allowed?:
I64083 OpenVMS 65472 1 No
TCPIP$TFTP_EXTLOG
Enables logging of client read and write requests,
as well as any error messages the server reports to the clients
while processing those requests. By default, this logical name is set
to 0, or OFF.
TCPIP$TFTP_FASTCLOSE
If set, the socket and file are closed immediately
after the server receives the last block of a file, on client write
operations.
If the logical is set, the server's last acknowledgment message is
lost
and no retransmission is done. This may appear to the client to
be a failure. By default, this logical is set to 0, or OFF.
TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT
Defines a concealed device that points to
TFTP data storage. By default, the concealed device is
SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT].
For more information, see Section 11.3.
TCPIP$TFTP_TRACE Enables logging of detailed tracing
information
about server operation, including logging of blocks sent and received,
as well as other useful trace information.
By default, this logical name is set to 0, or OFF.