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5 <sect2 arch="mips" id="boot-tftp"><title>Booting with TFTP</title>
6
7 <sect3>
8 <title>SGI Indys TFTP Booting</title>
9 <para>
10
11 After entering the command monitor use
12 <informalexample><screen>
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14 bootp(): root=/dev/ram0
15
16 </screen></informalexample>
17 on SGI Indys to boot linux and to begin installation of the Debian
18 Software. In order to make this
19 work you may have to unset the <envar>netaddr</envar> environment
20 variable. Type
21 <informalexample><screen>
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23 unsetenv netaddr
24
25 </screen></informalexample>
26 in the command monitor to do this.
27
28 </para>
29 </sect3>
30
31 <sect3>
32 <title>Broadcom BCM91250A TFTP Booting</title>
33 <para>
34
35 On the Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board, you have to load the SiByl boot
36 loader via TFTP which will then load and start the Debian installer. In
37 most cases, you will first obtain an IP address via DHCP but it is also
38 possible to configure a static address. In order to use DHCP, you can
39 enter the following command on the CFE prompt:
40
41 <informalexample><screen>
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43 ifconfig eth0 -auto
44
45 </screen></informalexample>
46
47 Once you have obtained an IP address, you can load SiByl with the following
48 command:
49
50 <informalexample><screen>
51
52 boot 192.168.1.1:/boot/sibyl
53
54 </screen></informalexample>
55
56 You need to substitute the IP address listed in this example with either
57 the name or the IP address of your TFTP server. Once you issue this
58 command, the installer will be loaded automatically.
59
60 </para>
61 </sect3>
62 </sect2>
63
64 <sect2 arch="mips"><title>Boot Parameters</title>
65
66 <sect3>
67 <title>SGI Indys TFTP Booting</title>
68 <para>
69
70 On SGI Indys you can append boot parameters to the
71 <command>bootp():</command> command in the command monitor.
72
73 </para><para>
74
75 Following the <command>bootp():</command> command you can give the
76 path and name of the file to boot if you did not give an explicit name
77 via your bootp/dhcp server - Example:
78 <command>bootp():/boot/tftpboot.img</command>
79
80 </para>
81 </sect3>
82
83 <sect3>
84 <title>Broadcom BCM91250A TFTP Booting</title>
85 <para>
86
87 You cannot pass any boot parameters directly from the CFE prompt. Instead,
88 you have to edit the <filename>/boot/sibyl.conf</filename> file on the TFTP
89 server and add your parameters to the <replaceable>extra_args</replaceable>
90 variable.
91
92 </para>
93 </sect3>
94
95 </sect2>

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