[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/alpha Discuss netboot on 3000/xxx and other ol...

[ross <ross%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/3ea5701e2767
branches:  trunk
changeset: 472059:3ea5701e2767
user:      ross <ross%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Apr 19 23:38:38 1999 +0000

description:
Discuss netboot on 3000/xxx and other old SRM systems.  Reported by Charles.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/alpha/install |  28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (52 lines):

diff -r 38b9cb049c40 -r 3ea5701e2767 distrib/notes/alpha/install
--- a/distrib/notes/alpha/install       Mon Apr 19 23:26:48 1999 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/alpha/install       Mon Apr 19 23:38:38 1999 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.15 1999/03/25 21:13:04 ross Exp $  
+.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.16 1999/04/19 23:38:38 ross Exp $  
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
 .Pp
 \~\~\~\~\~
 .Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/alpha
+.Pp
 At the time of this
 release, the URL for the netbooting instructions is:
 .Pp
@@ -324,12 +325,31 @@
 with:
 .Dl "\*>\*>\*> set ewa0_protocols bootp"
 .Pp
-Systems with the
-.Dq old SRM
+The 3000 series of Turbochannel systems and certain other models use
+.Em old SRM ,
 do not have a
 .Fl Ic proto
 option and use different device names. They also tend to not netboot very
-well so you probably don't need to worry about this section.
+well so you probably don't need to worry about this section. However, if you
+want to give it a try, note the following differences:
+.Bl -bullet -offset indent
+.It
+There is no
+.Fl Ar proto
+argument, or
+.Ic ewa0_protocols
+variable. Old SRM uses bootp if the device name is given as
+.Sy ez0 .
+.It
+The use of the
+.Xr setnetbootinfo 8
+program will probably also be necessary, as it is unlikely that an SRM
+from that era will properly communicate the ethernet HW address to the
+boot program.
+.It
+Example:
+.Dl \*>\*>\*>\ boot\ ez0
+.El
 .El
 .
 .