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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/diskless.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/diskless.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index ad64c3c..0000000 --- a/share/doc/handbook/diskless.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,163 +0,0 @@ -<!-- $Id$ --> -<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> - -<sect><heading>Diskless operation<label id="diskless"></heading> - -<p><em>Contributed by &a.martin;.</em> - - <tt>netboot.com/netboot.rom</tt> allow you to boot your - FreeBSD machine over the network and run FreeBSD without - having a disk on your client. Under 2.0 it is now - possible to have local swap. Swapping over NFS is also - still supported. - - Supported Ethernet cards include: Western Digital/SMC - 8003, 8013, 8216 and compatibles; NE1000/NE2000 and - compatibles (requires recompile) - - <sect1> - <heading>Setup Instructions</heading> - - <p><enum> - <item> Find a machine that will be your server. This - machine will require enough disk space to hold the - FreeBSD 2.0 binaries and have bootp, tftp and NFS - services available. - - Tested machines: - <itemize> - <item>HP9000/8xx running HP-UX 9.04 or later (pre - 9.04 doesn't work)</item> - <item>Sun/Solaris 2.3. (you may need to get - bootp)</item> - </itemize> - - <item>Set up a bootp server to provide the client with - IP, gateway, netmask. -<tscreen><verb> -diskless:\ - :ht=ether:\ - :ha=0000c01f848a:\ - :sm=255.255.255.0:\ - :hn:\ - :ds=192.1.2.3:\ - :ip=192.1.2.4:\ - :gw=192.1.2.5:\ - :vm=rfc1048: -</verb></tscreen></item> - - <item>Set up a TFTP server (on same machine as bootp - server) to provide booting information to client. - The name of this file is <tt>cfg.X.X.X.X</tt> (or - <tt>/tftpboot/cfg.X.X.X.X</tt>, it will try both) - where <tt>X.X.X.X</tt> is the IP address of the - client. The contents of this file can be any valid - netboot commands. Under 2.0, netboot has the - following commands: -<tscreen><verb> -help - print help list -ip <X.X.X.X> - print/set client's IP address -server <X.X.X.X> - print/set bootp/tftp server address -netmask <X.X.X.X> - print/set netmask -hostname <name> - print/set hostname -kernel <name> - print/set kernel name -rootfs <ip:/fs> - print/set root filesystem -swapfs <ip:/fs> - print/set swap filesystem -swapsize <size> - set diskless swapsize in Kbytes -diskboot - boot from disk -autoboot - continue boot process -trans <on|off> - turn transceiver on|off -flags [bcdhsv] - set boot flags -</verb></tscreen> - A typical completely diskless cfg file might contain: -<tscreen><verb> -rootfs 192.1.2.3:/rootfs/myclient -swapfs 192.1.2.3:/swapfs -swapsize 20000 -hostname myclient.mydomain -</verb></tscreen> - A cfg file for a machine with local swap might contain: -<tscreen><verb> -rootfs 192.1.2.3:/rootfs/myclient -hostname myclient.mydomain -</verb></tscreen> - - <item>Ensure that your NFS server has exported the root - (and swap if applicable) filesystems to your client, - and that the client has root access to these - filesystems - - A typical <tt>/etc/exports</tt> file on FreeBSD might - look like: -<tscreen><verb> -/rootfs/myclient -maproot=0:0 myclient.mydomain -/swapfs -maproot=0:0 myclient.mydomain -</verb></tscreen> - - And on HP-UX: -<tscreen><verb> -/rootfs/myclient -root=myclient.mydomain -/swapfs -root=myclient.mydomain -</verb></tscreen> - - <item>If you are swapping over NFS (completely diskless - configuration) create a swap file for your client - using <tt>dd</tt>. If your <tt>swapfs</tt> command has the - arguments <tt>/swapfs</tt> and the size 20000 as in the - example above, the swapfile for myclient will be called - <tt>/swapfs/swap.X.X.X.X</tt> where <tt>X.X.X.X</tt> - is the client's IP addr, eg: -<tscreen><verb> -# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfs/swap.192.1.2.4 bs=1k count=20000 -</verb></tscreen> - - Also, the client's swap space might contain sensitive - information once swapping starts, so make sure to - restrict read and write access to this file to prevent - unauthorized access: -<tscreen><verb> -# chmod 0600 /swapfs/swap.192.1.2.4 -</verb></tscreen> - - <item> Unpack the root filesystem in the directory the - client will use for its root filesystem - (<tt>/rootfs/myclient</tt> in the example above). - - <itemize> - - <item> On HP-UX systems: The server should be - running HP-UX 9.04 or later for HP9000/800 series - machines. Prior versions do not allow the - creation of device files over NFS. - - <item> When extracting <tt>/dev</tt> in - <tt>/rootfs/myclient</tt>, beware that some - systems (HPUX) will not create device files that - FreeBSD is happy with. You may have to go to - single user mode on the first bootup (press - control-c during the bootup phase), cd - <tt>/dev</tt> and do a "<tt>sh ./MAKEDEV - all</tt>" from the client to fix this. - </itemize> - - <item>Run <tt>netboot.com</tt> on the client or make an EPROM - from the <tt>netboot.rom</tt> file - </enum> - - <sect1> - <heading>Using Shared <tt>/</tt> and <tt>/usr</tt> filesystems</heading> - - <p>At present there isn't an officially sanctioned way of - doing this, although I have been using a shared <tt>/usr</tt> - filesystem and individual <tt>/</tt> filesystems for each client. - If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this cleanly, - please let me and/or the &a.core; know. - - <sect1> - <heading>Compiling netboot for specific setups</heading> - - <p>Netboot can be compiled to support NE1000/2000 cards by - changing the configuration in - <tt>/sys/i386/boot/netboot/Makefile</tt>. See the - comments at the top of this file. - |
