From 201bda2a789e141006c773c5ffcb636d737a047c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:40:56 +0000 Subject: Update of original English docs --- nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml') diff --git a/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml index 5f4291999..51730ad2a 100644 --- a/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml +++ b/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting @@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ to tftpd 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 subarchitecture/netboot-boot.img. +convention is +subarchitecture/netboot-boot.img. Copy the tftpimage file you would like to use to /tftpboot/tftpboot.img if you work with the example BOOTP/DHCP setups described above. @@ -262,22 +263,21 @@ these methods. SPARC TFTP Booting -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 -client-ip-in-hex. Thus, if your system -subarchitecture is a SUN4C, and its IP is 192.168.1.3, the filename -would be C0A80103.SUN4C. 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 +SUN4M or SUN4C, to the filename. Thus, +if your system's subarchitecture is a SUN4C, and its IP is 192.168.1.3, +the filename would be C0A80103.SUN4C. However, +there are also subarchitectures where the file the client looks for is +just client-ip-in-hex. 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). $ printf '%.2x%.2x%.2x%.2x\n' 10 0 0 4 -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. @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ the filename= option in 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. -- cgit v1.2.3