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diff --git a/da/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/da/install-methods/install-tftp.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d132f014b --- /dev/null +++ b/da/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,435 @@ +<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> +<!-- original version: 22232 untranslated --> + + <sect1 condition="supports-tftp" id="install-tftp"> + <title>Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting</title> +<para> + +If your machine is connected to a local area network, you may be able +to boot it over the network from another machine, using TFTP. If you +intend to boot the installation system from another machine, the +boot files will need to be placed in specific locations on that machine, +and the machine configured to support booting of your specific machine. + +</para><para> + +You need to setup a TFTP server, and for many machines, a BOOTP server +<phrase condition="supports-rarp">, or RARP server</phrase> +<phrase condition="supports-dhcp">, or DHCP server</phrase>. + +</para><para> + +<phrase condition="supports-rarp">The Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) is +one way to tell your client what IP address to use for itself. Another +way is to use the BOOTP protocol. </phrase> + +<phrase condition="supports-bootp">BOOTP is an IP protocol that +informs a computer of its IP address and where on the network to obtain +a boot image. </phrase> + +<phrase arch="m68k"> Yet another alternative exists on VMEbus +systems: the IP address can be manually configured in boot ROM. </phrase> + +<phrase condition="supports-dhcp">The DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration +Protocol) is a more flexible, backwards-compatible extension of BOOTP. +Some systems can only be configured via DHCP. </phrase> + +</para><para arch="powerpc"> + +For PowerPC, if you have a NewWorld Power Macintosh machine, it is a +good idea to use DHCP instead of BOOTP. Some of the latest machines +are unable to boot using BOOTP. + +</para><para arch="alpha"> + +Unlike the Open Firmware found on Sparc and PowerPC machines, the SRM +console will <emphasis>not</emphasis> use RARP to obtain its IP +address, and therefore you must use BOOTP for net booting your Alpha. +You can also enter the IP configuration for network interfaces +directly in the SRM console. + +<footnote> +<para> + +Alpha systems can also be net-booted using the DECNet MOP (Maintenance +Operations Protocol), but this is not covered here. Presumably, your +local OpenVMS operator will be happy to assist you should you have +some burning need to use MOP to boot Linux on your Alpha. + +</para> +</footnote></para><para arch="hppa"> + +Some older HPPA machines (e.g. 715/75) use RBOOTD rather than BOOTP. +An RBOOTD package is available on the parisc-linux web site. + +</para><para> + +The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is used to serve the boot +image to the client. Theoretically, any server, on any platform, +which implements these protocols, may be used. In the examples in +this section, we shall provide commands for SunOS 4.x, SunOS 5.x +(a.k.a. Solaris), and GNU/Linux. + +</para> + +&tftp-rarp.xml; +&tftp-bootp.xml; +&tftp-dhcp.xml; + + <sect2 id="tftpd"> + <title>Enabling the TFTP Server</title> +<para> + +To get the TFTP server ready to go, you should first make sure that +<command>tftpd</command> is enabled. This is usually enabled by having +something like the following line in <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>: + +<informalexample><screen> + +tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd in.tftpd /tftpboot + +</screen></informalexample> + +Debian packages will in general set this up correctly by default when they +are installed. + +</para><para> + +Look in that file and remember the directory which is used as the +argument of <command>in.tftpd</command>; you'll need that below. The +<userinput>-l</userinput> argument enables some versions of +<command>in.tftpd</command> to log all requests to the system logs; +this is useful for diagnosing boot errors. If you've had to change +<filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>, you'll have to notify the +running <command>inetd</command> process that the file has changed. +On a Debian machine, run <userinput>/etc/init.d/inetd +reload</userinput>; on other machines, +find out the process ID for <command>inetd</command>, and run +<userinput>kill -HUP <replaceable>inetd-pid</replaceable></userinput>. + +</para><note arch="i386"><para> + +To use the Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) method of TFTP +booting, you will need a TFTP server with <userinput>tsize</userinput> +support. On a &debian; server, the <classname>atftpd</classname> and +<classname>tftpd-hpa</classname> packages qualify; we recommend +<classname>tftpd-hpa</classname>. + +</para></note><para arch="mips"> + +If you intend to install Debian on an SGI machine and your TFTP server is a +GNU/Linux box running Linux 2.4, you'll need to set the following on your +server: + +<informalexample><screen> + +echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc + +</screen></informalexample> + +to turn off Path MTU discovery, otherwise the Indy's PROM can't +download the kernel. Furthermore, make sure TFTP packets are sent from +a source port no greater than 32767, or the download will stall after +the first packet. Again, it's Linux 2.4.X tripping this bug in the +PROM, and you can avoid it by setting + +<informalexample><screen> + +echo "2048 32767" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range + +</screen></informalexample> + +to adjust the range of source ports the Linux TFTP server uses. + +</para> + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="tftp-images"> + <title>Move TFTP Images Into Place</title> +<para> + +Next, place the TFTP boot image you need, as found in +<xref linkend="where-files"/>, in the <command>tftpd</command> +boot image directory. Generally, this directory will be +<filename>/tftpboot</filename>. You'll have to make a link from that +file to the file which <command>tftpd</command> will use for booting a +particular client. Unfortunately, the file name is determined by the +TFTP client, and there are no strong standards. + +</para><para arch="powerpc"> + +On NewWorld Power Macintosh machines, you will need to set up the +<command>yaboot</command> boot loader as the TFTP boot image. +<command>Yaboot</command> will then retrieve the kernel and RAMdisk +images via TFTP itself. For net booting, use the +<filename>yaboot-netboot.conf</filename>. Just rename this to +<filename>yaboot.conf</filename> in the TFTP directory. + +</para><para arch="i386"> + +For PXE booting, everything you should need is set up in the +<filename>netboot/netboot.tar.gz</filename> tarball. Simply extract this +tarball into the <command>tftpd</command> boot image directory. Make sure +your dhcp server is configured to pass <filename>/pxelinux.0</filename> +to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot. + +</para><para arch="ia64"> + +For PXE booting, everything you should need is set up in the +<filename>netboot/netboot.tar.gz</filename> tarball. Simply extract this +tarball into the <command>tftpd</command> boot image directory. Make sure +your dhcp server is configured to pass +<filename>/debian-installer/ia64/elilo.efi</filename> +to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot. + +</para> + + <sect3 arch="mipsel"> + <title>DECstation TFTP Images</title> +<para> + +For DECstations, there are tftpimage files for each subarchitecture, +which contain both kernel and installer in one file. The naming +convention is tftpimage-<replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable> or +tftpimage-<replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>.gz. If the +tftpimage is gzipped (the name ends with .gz), you need to unpack it +first with <userinput>gunzip +tftpimage-<replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>.gz</userinput>, +as DECstations cannot boot compressed files by TFTP. 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. + +</para><para> + +The DECstation firmware boots by TFTP with the command <userinput>boot +<replaceable>#</replaceable>/tftp</userinput>, where +<replaceable>#</replaceable> is the number of the TurboChannel device +from which to boot. On most DECstations this is "3". If the +BOOTP/DHCP server does not supply the filename or you need to pass +additional parameters, they can optionally be appended with the +following syntax: + +</para><para> + +<userinput>boot #/tftp/filename param1=value1 param2=value2 ...</userinput> + +</para><para> + +Several DECstation firmware revisions show a problem with regard to +net booting: the transfer starts, but after some time it stops with +an <computeroutput>a.out err</computeroutput>. This can have several reasons: + +<orderedlist> +<listitem><para> + +The firmware does not respond to ARP requests during a TFTP +transfer. This leads to an ARP timeout and the transfer stops. The +solution is to add the MAC address of the Ethernet card in the +DECstation statically to the ARP table of the TFTP server. This is +done by running <userinput>arp -s +<replaceable>IP-address</replaceable> +<replaceable>MAC-address</replaceable></userinput> as root on the +machine acting as TFTP server. The MAC-address of the DECstation can +be read out by entering <command>cnfg</command> at the DECstation +firmware prompt. + +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> + +The firmware has a size limit on the files that can be booted +by TFTP. + +</para></listitem> +</orderedlist> + +There are also firmware revisions that cannot boot via TFTP at all. An +overview about the different firmware revisions can be found at the +NetBSD web pages: +<ulink url="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/board-list.html#proms"></ulink>. + +</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 arch="alpha"> + <title>Alpha TFTP Booting</title> +<para> +On Alpha, you must specify the filename (as a relative path to the +boot image directory) using the <userinput>-file</userinput> argument +to the SRM <userinput>boot</userinput> command, or by setting the +<userinput>BOOT_FILE</userinput> environment variable. Alternatively, +the filename can be given via BOOTP (in ISC <command>dhcpd</command>, +use the <userinput>filename</userinput> directive). Unlike Open +Firmware, there is <emphasis>no default filename</emphasis> on SRM, so +you <emphasis>must</emphasis> specify a filename by either one of +these methods. + +</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 arch="sparc"> + <title>SPARC TFTP Booting</title> +<para> + +SPARC architectures for instance use the subarchitecture names, such +as ``SUN4M'' or ``SUN4C''; 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>. + +</para><para> + +You can also force some sparc systems to look for a specific file name +by adding it to the end of the OpenPROM boot command, such as +<userinput>boot net my-sparc.image</userinput>. This must still reside +in the directory that the TFTP server looks in. + +</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 arch="m68k"> + <title>BVM/Motorola TFTP Booting</title> +<para> + +For BVM and Motorola VMEbus systems copy the files +&bvme6000-tftp-files; to <filename>/tftpboot/</filename>. + +</para><para> + +Next, configure your boot ROMs or BOOTP server to initially load the +<filename>tftplilo.bvme</filename> or +<filename>tftplilo.mvme</filename> files from the TFTP server. Refer +to the <filename>tftplilo.txt</filename> file for your subarchitecture +for additional system-specific configuration information. + +</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 arch="mips"> + <title>SGI Indys TFTP Booting</title> +<para> + +On SGI Indys you can rely on the <command>bootpd</command> to supply +the name of the TFTP file. It is given either as the +<userinput>bf=</userinput> in <filename>/etc/bootptab</filename> or as +the <userinput>filename=</userinput> option in +<filename>/etc/dhcpd.conf</filename>. + +</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 arch="mips"> + <title>Broadcom BCM91250A TFTP Booting</title> +<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. + +</para> + </sect3> + + </sect2> + +<!-- FIXME: commented out since it seems too old to be usable and a current + way is not known + + <sect2 id="tftp-low-memory"> + <title>TFTP Installation for Low-Memory Systems</title> +<para> + +On some systems, the standard installation RAMdisk, combined with the +memory requirements of the TFTP boot image, cannot fit in memory. In +this case, you can still install using TFTP, you'll just have to go +through the additional step of NFS mounting your root directory over +the network as well. This type of setup is also appropriate for +diskless or dataless clients. + +</para><para> + +First, follow all the steps above in <xref linkend="install-tftp"/>. + +<orderedlist> +<listitem><para> + +Copy the Linux kernel image on your TFTP server using the +<userinput>a.out</userinput> image for the architecture you are +booting. + +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> + +Untar the root archive on your NFS server (can be the same system as +your TFTP server): + +<informalexample><screen> + +# cd /tftpboot +# tar xvzf root.tar.gz + +</screen></informalexample> + +Be sure to use the GNU <command>tar</command> (other tar programs, like the +SunOS one, badly handle devices as plain files). + +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> + +Export your <filename>/tftpboot/debian-sparc-root</filename> directory +with root access to your client. E.g., add the following line to +<filename>/etc/exports</filename> (GNU/Linux syntax, should be similar +for SunOS): + +<informalexample><screen> + +/tftpboot/debian-sparc-root client(rw,no_root_squash) + +</screen></informalexample> + +NOTE: "client" is the host name or IP address recognized by the server for +the system you are booting. + +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> + +Create a symbolic link from your client IP address in dotted notation +to <filename>debian-sparc-root</filename> in the +<filename>/tftpboot</filename> directory. For example, if the client +IP address is 192.168.1.3, do + +<informalexample><screen> + +# ln -s debian-sparc-root 192.168.1.3 + +</screen></informalexample> + +</para></listitem> +</orderedlist> + +</para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 condition="supports-nfsroot"> + <title>Installing with TFTP and NFS Root</title> +<para> + +Installing with TFTP and NFS Root is similar to +<xref linkend="tftp-low-memory"/> because you don't want to +load the RAMdisk anymore but boot from the newly created NFS-root file +system. You then need to replace the symlink to the tftpboot image by +a symlink to the kernel image (for example, +<filename>linux-a.out</filename>). + +</para><para> + +RARP/TFTP requires all daemons to be running on the same server (the +workstation is sending a TFTP request back to the server that replied +to its previous RARP request). + +</para> + + + </sect2> +END FIXME --> + </sect1> |