The Compaq way

CompaqT1500-Linux HOWTO
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# 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.

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