Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Internal/Soekris

Timestamp:

Sep 20, 2006, 3:57:48 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Joseph F. Miklojcik III

Comment:

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Internal/Soekris

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+= Soekris Manual
+
 http://soekris.com/Manuals/net4801_manual.pdf
 
-* set up infrastructure
+= boot infrastructure
 
 The netboot image for debian is already around.  You need
@@ -7 +9 @@
 wget http://centerclick.org/net4801/pxelinux/pxelinux.0.gz
 
-as opposed to the pxelinux.bin that's already around.  You need to
-make a link in pxelinux.cfg to an appropriate pxelinux configuration
-file, namely the one for serial.  To the end of the 'insall' image you
-want to add:
+as opposed to the pxelinux.bin that's already around.  You need to make a link in pxelinux.cfg to an appropriate pxelinux configuration file, namely the one for serial.  To the end of the 'install' image you want to add:
 
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text
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 (we did this, so it's probably already there.)
 
-Minicom should be set for 9600 baud, 8 databits, no parity, 1 stop
-bit, no flow control.  Turn hardware flow control off in minicom.  The
-UNIX device for talking to the console is almost certainly /dev/ttyS0.
+Minicom should be set for 9600 baud, 8 databits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.  Turn hardware flow control off in minicom.  The UNIX device for talking to the console is almost certainly /dev/ttyS0.
 
-* configure the Soekris net4801 BIOS
+= configure the Soekris net4801 BIOS
 
 Look at the banner from when the net4801 boots.  Get the BIOS version
 and check it against the Soekris web site.
 
-Set the date and time.
+date YYYY/MMDD
+time HH:MM:SS
+set ConSpeed=9600
+set BootDrive=F0 FF 80 81
 
-set ConSpeed=9600
+The only reliable way to obtain the MAC address of 'Eth 0', without having an operating system already loaded, is to watch the diagnostic output of 
+
+boot f0