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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml.diff?r1=1.7&r2=1.8&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.7 |
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retrieving revision 1.8 |
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diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 |
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--- gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 18 Aug 2005 13:59:23 -0000 1.7 |
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+++ gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml 18 Aug 2005 14:27:28 -0000 1.8 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.7 2005/08/18 13:59:23 neysx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml,v 1.8 2005/08/18 14:27:28 neysx Exp $ --> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml"> |
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<title>Gentoo Linux based Netboot HOWTO</title> |
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<author title="SPARC Developer"> |
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<mail link="weeve@g.o">Jason Wever</mail> |
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</author> |
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<abstract> |
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-Guide for setting up a netboot server for use with the Gentoo/SPARC netboot installation images. |
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+Guide for setting up a netboot server for use with the Gentoo/SPARC netboot |
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+installation images. |
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</abstract> |
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+ |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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<body> |
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<note> |
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-This howto is currently very SPARC-centric and expecting that you will be |
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+This howto is currently very SPARC-centric and expecting that you will be |
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setting up your netboot server on an existing Gentoo Linux machine. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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-This document will describe how to setup a network booting environment for a |
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-Sun Microsystems SPARC or UltraSPARC based computer. The document assumes that |
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+This document will describe how to setup a network booting environment for a |
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+Sun Microsystems SPARC or UltraSPARC based computer. The document assumes that |
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you have an existing Gentoo Linux computer available to act as the netboot |
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server. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Both the netboot server and netboot client will need to be on the same |
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-network subnet, as the ARP protocol is typically not forwarded across |
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-different network subnets. |
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+Both the netboot server and netboot client will need to be on the same network |
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+subnet, as the ARP protocol is typically not forwarded across different network |
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+subnets. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<ol> |
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<li> |
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- Client machine sends out a reverse ARP (RARP) request to get an IP address. |
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- </li> |
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- <li> |
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- A server machine returns a response to the client with the IP address. |
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- </li> |
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- <li> |
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- The client then attempts to download a boot image from the RARP server |
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- using the tftp protocol. |
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+ Client machine sends out a reverse ARP (RARP) request to get an IP address |
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</li> |
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+ <li>A server machine returns a response to the client with the IP address</li> |
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<li> |
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- Once the image is downloaded, the netboot client then boots the image. |
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+ The client then attempts to download a boot image from the RARP server |
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+ using the tftp protocol |
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</li> |
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+ <li>Once the image is downloaded, the netboot client then boots the image</li> |
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</ol> |
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<p> |
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<title>The Reverse ARP Daemon</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Currently, there are two choices for a reverse ARP daemon. They are |
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+Currently, there are two choices for a reverse ARP daemon. They are |
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net-misc/iputils (installed as part of the system profile) and net-misc/rarpd. |
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</p> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-No matter which rarpd you choose to use, you will need to setup the |
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-<path>/etc/ethers</path> file. This file indicates which hosts rarpd should |
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+No matter which rarpd you choose to use, you will need to setup the |
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+<path>/etc/ethers</path> file. This file indicates which hosts rarpd should |
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respond to when a request is seen, and what address to reply with. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is MAC address of the NIC the machine |
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-will be netbooting from and the hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC address |
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-from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The following |
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+The format of <path>/etc/ethers</path> is MAC address of the NIC the machine |
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+will be netbooting from and the hostname. Whitespace delimits the MAC address |
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+from the hostname, and each entry should have its own line. The following |
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example is for a host named sparc-netboot.gentoo.org: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Example /etc/ethers"> |
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-08:00:20:77:1f:3e sparc-netboot.gentoo.org |
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+08:00:20:77:1f:3e sparc-netboot.gentoo.org |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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-If a given hexidecimal number in the MAC address starts or is 0, you can |
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-chose to omit the first 0 (i.e. 08:00:20:77:1f:3e becomes 8:0:20:77:1f:3e). |
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+If a given hexadecimal number in the MAC address starts or is 0, you can chose |
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+to omit the first 0 (i.e. 08:00:20:77:1f:3e becomes 8:0:20:77:1f:3e). |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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-If you desire to add additional hosts to <path>/etc/ethers</path>, you do not need to |
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-restart the rarpd services as the file is checked each time a request is |
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-received. |
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+If you desire to add additional hosts to <path>/etc/ethers</path>, you do not |
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+need to restart the rarpd services as the file is checked each time a request |
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+is received. |
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</p> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Since each entry in <path>/etc/ethers</path> has a hostname, the netboot server needs to |
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-be able to resolve the hostname into its IP address. This can be done two |
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-ways, <path>/etc/hosts</path> or the nameserver the netboot server uses. |
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+Since each entry in <path>/etc/ethers</path> has a hostname, the netboot server |
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+needs to be able to resolve the hostname into its IP address. This can be done |
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+two ways, <path>/etc/hosts</path> or the nameserver the netboot server uses. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-An <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry for resolving a hostname will look very similar to the one |
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-that probably exists from when you installed Gentoo on the netboot server. |
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-For our example host, sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, we'll assume that it has an IP |
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-address of 10.0.1.15. So the <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry would look like; |
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+An <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry for resolving a hostname will look very |
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+similar to the one that probably exists from when you installed Gentoo on the |
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+netboot server. For our example host, sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, we'll assume |
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+that it has an IP address of 10.0.1.15. So the <path>/etc/hosts</path> entry |
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+would look like; |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="/etc/hosts"> |
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<note> |
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Depending on the environment, you may need to consult your network |
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-administrator to get an appropriate IP address or addresses to netboot |
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-the host with. |
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+administrator to get an appropriate IP address or addresses to netboot the host |
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+with. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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-If you use a nameserver, then the DNS server administrator will need to add a |
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-record for the hostname, in our example sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, to point to |
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-the appropriate IP address. |
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-Please consult your DNS server administrator and/or the documentation for the |
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-DNS server's DNS software for how to add the entry. |
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+If you use a nameserver, then the DNS server administrator will need to add a |
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+record for the hostname, in our example sparc-netboot.gentoo.org, to point to |
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+the appropriate IP address. Please consult your DNS server administrator and/or |
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+the documentation for the DNS server's DNS software for how to add the entry. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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-If both <path>/etc/hosts</path> and the nameserver have an entry for the host to be |
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-netbooted, <path>/etc/hosts</path> will be used first (granted the order of |
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-<path>/etc/nsswitch.conf</path> has not been changed from the default). |
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+If both <path>/etc/hosts</path> and the nameserver have an entry for the host |
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+to be netbooted, <path>/etc/hosts</path> will be used first (granted the order |
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+of <path>/etc/nsswitch.conf</path> has not been changed from the default). |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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<b>Setting up net-misc/iputils rarpd</b> |
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</p> |
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-<p>First, we will need to determine the options to use for rarpd. While there |
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-are more options than we'll cover here, these options should get you started |
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