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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-04-30 23:40:56 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-04-30 23:40:56 +0000
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Update of original English docs
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- original version: 35613 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 36841 untranslated -->
<sect1 condition="supports-tftp" id="install-tftp">
<title>Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting</title>
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot.
For DECstations, there are tftpimage files for each subarchitecture,
which contain both kernel and installer in one file. The naming
-convention is <replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>/netboot-boot.img.
+convention is
+<filename><replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>/netboot-boot.img</filename>.
Copy the tftpimage file you would like to use to
<userinput>/tftpboot/tftpboot.img</userinput> if you work with the
example BOOTP/DHCP setups described above.
@@ -262,22 +263,21 @@ these methods.
<title>SPARC TFTP Booting</title>
<para>
-SPARC architectures for instance use the subarchitecture names, such
-as <quote>SUN4M</quote> or <quote>SUN4C</quote>; in some cases, the
-architecture is left blank, so the file the client looks for is just
-<filename>client-ip-in-hex</filename>. Thus, if your system
-subarchitecture is a SUN4C, and its IP is 192.168.1.3, the filename
-would be <filename>C0A80103.SUN4C</filename>. An easy way to determine
-this is to enter the following command in a shell (assuming the
-machine's intended IP is 10.0.0.4).
+Some SPARC architectures add the subarchitecture names, such as
+<quote>SUN4M</quote> or <quote>SUN4C</quote>, to the filename. Thus,
+if your system's subarchitecture is a SUN4C, and its IP is 192.168.1.3,
+the filename would be <filename>C0A80103.SUN4C</filename>. However,
+there are also subarchitectures where the file the client looks for is
+just <filename>client-ip-in-hex</filename>. An easy way to determine the
+hexadecimal code for the IP address is to enter the following command
+in a shell (assuming the machine's intended IP is 10.0.0.4).
<informalexample><screen>
$ printf '%.2x%.2x%.2x%.2x\n' 10 0 0 4
</screen></informalexample>
-This will spit out the IP in hexadecimal; to get to the correct
-filename, you will need to change all letters to uppercase and
-if necessary append the subarchitecture name.
+To get to the correct filename, you will need to change all letters to
+uppercase and if necessary append the subarchitecture name.
</para><para>
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ the <userinput>filename=</userinput> option in
<para>
You don't have to configure DHCP in a special way because you'll pass the
-full path of the file to the loaded to CFE.
+full path of the file to be loaded to CFE.
</para>
</sect3>