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<version>1.10</version> |
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<date>2006-02-27</date> |
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<section id="sgi"> |
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<title>Silicon Graphics Machines -- Setting Up arcboot/arcload</title> |
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<subsection> |
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<title>Which one?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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On SGI machines, you have two options for bootloaders. <c>arcboot</c> and |
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<c>arcload</c>. The table below lists the pros and cons for each bootloader. |
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</p> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<th> </th> |
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<th>arcboot</th> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<th>+</th> |
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<ti> |
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It can load off EXT2 and EXT3 partitions, so no need to store them in the |
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volume header |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<th>-</th> |
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<ti> |
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It doesn't work on Octane/Octane2, Origin 200/2000 or |
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Indigo2 Impact (R10000) |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<th> </th> |
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<th>arcload</th> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<th>+</th> |
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<ti> |
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It boots ALL Linux-compatable SGI systems |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<th>-</th> |
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<ti> |
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Currently, It cannot read EXT2/EXT3 partitions, and so needs the kernels |
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and config file to be placed in the volume header |
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</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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<note> |
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The SGI volume header filenames are limited to 8 characters, and there may be no |
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more than 16 files contained in a single volume header. |
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</note> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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<subsection> |
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<title>Installing arcboot</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Previously in this guide, we showed you how to make a kernel, then copy it to |
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the volume header using <c>dvhtool</c>. There were two main flaws with this |
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system: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li>This is not supported on all SGI systems</li> |
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<li>It requires a significantly larger volume header</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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In order to boot the machine, a bootloader, <c>arcboot</c> was developed for |
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this purpose. Instead of putting the kernel directly into the volume header, we |
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leave it in <path>/boot</path> (which resides on a EXT2/3 partition), and tell |
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<c>arcboot</c> (which sits in the volume header in place of the kernel) where to |
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find it. So our first step, is to emerge some tools that we'll use later... |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Installing the required tools"> |
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# <i>emerge dvhtool arcboot</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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That should have installed two tools, <c>arcboot</c> which sits in the volume |
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header and loads kernels for us, and <c>dvhtool</c> which helps us put |
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<c>arcboot</c> into the volume header. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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The <c>arcboot</c> binary lurks in <path>/usr/lib/arcboot</path>. The name of |
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the binary depends on the machine it's compiled for. |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<c>arcboot.ip22</c>: The binary for Indy, Indigo2 (R4k) and Challenge S |
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systems |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<c>arcboot.ip32</c>: The binary for O2 systems |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<pre caption="Installing arcboot into the volume header"> |
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# <i>dvhtool --unix-to-vh /usr/lib/arcboot/arcboot.ip?? arcboot</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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We then verify the presence of the file in the volume header. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Checking if arcboot made it okay"> |
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# <i>dvhtool --print-volume-directory</i> |
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----- directory entries ----- |
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Entry #0, name "linux", start 4, bytes 3262570 |
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Entry #1, name "newlinux", start 6377, bytes 7619627 |
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Entry #3, name "arcboot", start 21260, bytes 51448 |
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# |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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You'll notice that in the example above, there are two old kernels sitting |
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around, <path>linux</path> and <path>newlinux</path>. This is a hangover from |
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before we started using <c>arcboot</c>. Their presence doesn't matter -- just |
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so long as <c>arcboot</c> is present, everything is fine. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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If you've ever set up the Linux Loader (<c>lilo</c>) before, you'll find that |
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<c>arcboot</c> employs a similar syntax in its configuration file. Bear in mind |
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though; <c>arcboot</c> expects to find its configuration file existing on an |
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EXT2/3 partition as <path>/etc/arcboot.conf</path>. The easiest way around this |
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is to make sure <path>/boot</path> is an EXT2/3 partition and that there's a |
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file called <path>arcboot.conf</path> inside the <path>/boot/etc</path> |
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directory. An example config can be found in |
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<path>/etc/arcboot.conf.sample</path>. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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Adjust the paths accordingly if you |
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don't have a separate <path>/boot</path> partition. |
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</note> |
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<pre caption="Putting arcboot.conf in its place"> |
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<comment>(Create the /boot/etc directory)</comment> |
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# <i>mkdir /boot/etc</i> |
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<comment>(Put our configuration into the target directory)</comment> |
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# <i>cp /etc/arcboot.conf.sample /boot/etc/arcboot.conf</i> |
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<comment>(Create a symlink back to /etc)</comment> |
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# <i>ln -s /boot/etc/arcboot.conf /etc/arcboot.conf</i> |
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<comment>(... and a symlink in /boot pointing to itself)</comment> |
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# <i>(cd /boot; ln -s . boot)</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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You can then edit <path>/etc/arcboot.conf</path> to your own preference. |
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One possible layout, is to set up two kernel images: <path>new</path>, a |
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freshly built image that may or may not work; and <path>working</path>, a |
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proven trustworthy kernel image. The <path>arcboot.conf</path> for that |
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setup looks a bit like this. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Example arcboot.conf"> |
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<comment># arcboot.conf</comment> |
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<comment>#</comment> |
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<comment># copyright 2002 Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org></comment> |
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<comment>#</comment> |
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<comment># known working version</comment> |
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label=working |
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image=/vmlinux |
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append="root=/dev/sda3" |
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<comment># fresh "untested" version</comment> |
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label=new |
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image=/vmlinux-new |
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append="root=/dev/sda3" |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Once that is set up, there's then just some little tweaks that you need to do |
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within the SGI PROM to make this magic work. This is covered in, not the next |
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section (that's for Cobalt servers) but the following section |
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<uri link="#reboot">Rebooting the System</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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<subsection> |
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<title>Installing arcload</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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<c>arcload</c> was written for machines that require 64-bit kernels, and |
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therefore can't use <c>arcboot</c> (which can't easily be compiled as a 64-bit |
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binary). It also works around peculiarities that arise when loading kernels |
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directly from the volume header. So, now you know what this is about, we |
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can proceed with the installation: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Merging arcload and dvhtool"> |
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# <i>emerge arcload dvhtool</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Once this has finished, you should find the <c>arcload</c> binary in |
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<path>/usr/lib/arcload</path>. Now, two files exist: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<c>sashARCS</c>: The 32-bit binary for Indy, Indigo2 (R4k), Challenge S |
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and O2 systems |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<c>sash64</c>: The 64-bit binary for Octane/Octane2, Origin 200/2000 and |
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Indigo2 Impact systems |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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Use <c>dvhtool</c> to install the appropriate binary for your system into the |
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volume header: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Placing arcload in the volume header"> |
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<comment>(Indy/Indigo2/Challenge S/O2 users)</comment> |
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# <i>dvhtool --unix-to-vh /usr/lib/arcload/sashARCS sashARCS</i> |
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<comment>(Indigo2 Impact/Octane/Octane2/Origin 200/Origin 2000 users)</comment> |
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# <i>dvhtool --unix-to-vh /usr/lib/arcload/sash64 sash64</i> |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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You don't have to use the name <c>sashARCS</c> or <c>sash64</c>, unless you are |
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installing to the volume header of a bootable CD. For normal boot from |
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hard-disk, you may name them something else if you wish. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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Now just use <c>dvhtool</c> to verify they are in the volume header. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Checking arcload is present in the volume header"> |
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# <i>dvhtool --print-volume-directory</i> |
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----- directory entries ----- |
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Entry #0, name "sash64", start 4, bytes 55859 |
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# |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Now, the <c>arc.cf</c> file has a C-like syntax. For the full detail on how |
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one configures it, see the <uri |
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link="http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Arcload">arcload page on the |
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Linux/MIPS wiki</uri>. In short, you define a number of options, which you |
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enable and disable at boot time using the <c>OSLoadFilename</c> variable. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="An example arc.cf"> |
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<comment># ARCLoad Configuration</comment> |
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<comment># Some default settings...</comment> |
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append "root=/dev/sda3"; |
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append "ro"; |
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append "console=ttyS0,9600"; |
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<comment># Our main definition. ip28 may be changed if you wish.</comment> |
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ip28 { |
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<comment># Definition for a "working" kernel</comment> |
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<comment># Select this by setting OSLoadFilename="ip28(working)"</comment> |
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working { |
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description "SGI Indigo2 Impact R10000\n\r"; |
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image system "/working"; |
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} |
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<comment># Definition for a "new" kernel</comment> |
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<comment># Select this by setting OSLoadFilename="ip28(new)"</comment> |
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new { |
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description "SGI Indigo2 Impact R10000 - Testing Kernel\n\r"; |
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image system "/new"; |
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} |
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<comment># For debugging a kernel</comment> |
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<comment># Select this by setting OSLoadFilename="ip28(working,debug)"</comment> |
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<comment># or OSLoadFilename="ip28(new,debug)"</comment> |
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debug { |
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description "Debug console"; |
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append "init=/bin/bash"; |
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} |
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} |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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This is then placed in the volume header with <c>sash64</c> (or |
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<c>sashARCS</c>) as shown below. Kernels also get placed in the volume header. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Placing arc.cf and kernel in the volume header"> |
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# <i>dvhtool --unix-to-vh arc.cf arc.cf</i> |
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# <i>dvhtool --unix-to-vh /usr/src/linux/vmlinux new</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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With this done, now all that's left is to set some options in the PROM. See the |
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section on <uri link="#reboot">Rebooting the System</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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</section> |
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<section id="cobalt"> |
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<title>Cobalt MicroServers -- Setting Up CoLo</title> |
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<subsection> |
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<title>Installing CoLo</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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On Cobalt servers, these machines have a much less capable firmware installed on |
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chip. The Cobalt BOOTROM is primitive, by comparison to the SGI PROM, and has a |
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number of serious limitations. |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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There's a 675kB (approximate) limit on kernels. The current size of Linux |
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2.4 makes it damn near impossible to make a kernel this size. Linux 2.6 is |
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totally out of the question. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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64-bit kernels are not supported by the stock firmware (although these are |
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highly experimental on Cobalt machines at this time) |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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The shell is basic at best |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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To overcome these limitations, an alternative firmware, called |
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<uri link="http://www.colonel-panic.org/cobalt-mips/">CoLo</uri> (Cobalt |
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Loader) was developed. This is a BOOTROM image that can either be flashed into |
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the chip inside the Cobalt server, or loaded from the existing firmware. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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This guide will take you through setting up CoLo so that it is loaded by the |
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stock firmware. This is the only truly safe, and recommended way to set up CoLo. |
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</note> |
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<warn> |
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You may, if you wish, flash it into the server, and totally |
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replace the original firmware -- however, you are entirely on your own in that |
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endeavour. Should anything go wrong, you will need to physically remove the |
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BOOTROM and reprogram it yourself with the stock firmware. If you are not |
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sure how to do this -- then <e>DO NOT</e> flash your machine. We take no |
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responsibility for whatever happens if you ignore this advice. |
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</warn> |
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<p> |
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Okay, with the warnings over now, we'll get on with installing CoLo. First, |
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start by emerging the package. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Emerging colo"> |
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# <i>emerge colo</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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With that installed (I hope you read those messages ;-) you should be able to |
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look inside the <path>/usr/lib/colo</path> directory to find two files, |
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<path>colo-chain.elf</path>: the "kernel" for the stock firmware to load, and |
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<path>colo-rom-image.bin</path>: a ROM image for flashing into the BOOTROM. We |
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start by mounting /boot and dumping a compressed copy of |
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<path>colo-chain.elf</path> in <path>/boot</path> where the system expects it. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Putting CoLo in its place"> |
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# <i>gzip -9vc /usr/lib/colo/colo-chain.elf > /boot/vmlinux.gz</i> |
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</pre> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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<subsection> |
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<title>Configuring CoLo</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Now, when the system first boots up, it'll load CoLo which will spit up a menu |
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on the back LCD. The first option (and default that is assumed after roughly 5 |
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seconds) is to boot to the hard disk. The system would then attempt to mount |
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the first Linux partition it finds, and run the script |
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<path>default.colo</path>. The syntax is fully documented in the CoLo |
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documentation (have a peek at |
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<path>/usr/share/doc/colo-X.YY/README.shell.gz</path> -- where X.YY is the |
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version installed), and is very simple. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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Just a tip: when installing kernels, I usually create two kernel images, |
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<path>kernel.gz.working</path> -- a known working kernel, and |
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<path>kernel.gz.new</path> -- a kernel that's just been compiled. You can either |
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use symlinks to point to the curent "new" and "working" kernels, or just rename |
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the kernel images. |
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</note> |
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<pre caption="A basic default.colo"> |
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<comment>#:CoLo:#</comment> |
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mount hda1 |
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load /kernel.gz.working |
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execute root=/dev/hda3 ro console=ttyS0,115200 |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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CoLo will refuse to load a script that does not begin with the <c>#:CoLo:#</c> |
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line. Think of it as the equivalent of saying <c>#!/bin/sh</c> in shell |
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scripts. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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It is also possible to ask a question, such as which kernel & configuration |
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you'd like to boot, with a default timeout. This configuration does exactly |
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this, asks the user which kernel they wish to use, and executes the chosen |
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image. <path>vmlinux.gz.new</path> and <path>vmlinux.gz.working</path> may be |
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actual kernel images, or just symlinks pointing to the kernel images on that |
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disk. The <c>50</c> argument to <c>select</c> specifies that it should proceed |
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with the first option ("Working") after 50/10 seconds. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Menu-based configuration"> |
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<comment>#:CoLo:#</comment> |
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lcd "Mounting hda1" |
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mount hda1 |
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select "Which Kernel?" 50 Working New |
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goto {menu-option} |
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var image-name vmlinux.gz.working |
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goto 3f |
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@var image-name vmlinux.gz.working |
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goto 2f |
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@var image-name vmlinux.gz.new |
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@lcd "Loading Linux" {image-name} |
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load /{image-name} |
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lcd "Booting..." |
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execute root=/dev/hda5 ro console=ttyS0,115200 |
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boot |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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See the documentation in <path>/usr/share/doc/colo-VERSION</path> for more |
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details. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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</section> |
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|
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<section> |
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<title>Setting up for Serial Console</title> |
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<subsection> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Okay, the Linux installation as it stands now, would boot fine, but assumes |
| 493 |
you're going to be logged in at a physical terminal. On Cobalt machines, this |
| 494 |
is particularly bad -- there's no such thing as a physical terminal. |
| 495 |
</p> |
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|
| 497 |
<note> |
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Those who do have the luxury of a supported video chipset may skip this section if |
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they wish. |
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</note> |
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|
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<p> |
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First, pull up an editor and hack away at <path>/etc/inittab</path>. Further |
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down in the file, you'll see something like this: |
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</p> |
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|
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<pre caption="inittab Configuration"> |
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<comment># SERIAL CONSOLE</comment> |
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<comment>#c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt102</comment> |
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|
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<comment># TERMINALS</comment> |
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c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux |
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c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux |
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c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux |
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c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux |
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c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux |
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c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux |
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|
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<comment># What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".</comment> |
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ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now |
| 521 |
</pre> |
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|
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<p> |
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First, uncomment the <c>c0</c> line. By default, it's set to use a terminal |
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baud rate of 9600 bps. On Cobalt servers, you may want to change this to 115200 |
| 526 |
to match the baud rate decided by the BOOT ROM. This is how that section looks |
| 527 |
on my machine. On a headless machine (e.g. Cobalt servers), I'll also recommend |
| 528 |
commenting out the local terminal lines (<c>c1</c> through to <c>c6</c>) |
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as these have a habit of misbehaving when they can't open |
| 530 |
<path>/dev/ttyX</path>. |
| 531 |
</p> |
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|
| 533 |
<pre caption="Example snippet from inittab"> |
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<comment># SERIAL CONSOLE</comment> |
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c0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS0 vt102 |
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|
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<comment># TERMINALS -- These are useless on a headless qube</comment> |
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<comment>#c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux</comment> |
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<comment>#c2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux</comment> |
| 540 |
<comment>#c3:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux</comment> |
| 541 |
<comment>#c4:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux</comment> |
| 542 |
<comment>#c5:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux</comment> |
| 543 |
<comment>#c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux</comment> |
| 544 |
</pre> |
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|
| 546 |
<p> |
| 547 |
Now, lastly... we have to tell the system, that the local serial port can be |
| 548 |
trusted as a secure terminal. The file we need to poke at is |
| 549 |
<path>/etc/securetty</path>. It contains a list of terminals that the system |
| 550 |
trusts. We simply stick in two more lines, permitting the serial line to be |
| 551 |
used for <c>root</c> logins. |
| 552 |
</p> |
| 553 |
|
| 554 |
<pre caption="Enabling root logins on serial console"> |
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<comment>(/dev/ttyS0 -- the traditional name for the first serial port)</comment> |
| 556 |
# <i>echo 'ttyS0' >> /etc/securetty</i> |
| 557 |
|
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<comment>(Lately, Linux also calls this /dev/tts/0 -- so we add this |
| 559 |
too)</comment> |
| 560 |
# <i>echo 'tts/0' >> /etc/securetty</i> |
| 561 |
</pre> |
| 562 |
|
| 563 |
</body> |
| 564 |
</subsection> |
| 565 |
</section> |
| 566 |
|
| 567 |
<section id="reboot"> |
| 568 |
<title>Rebooting the System</title> |
| 569 |
<subsection> |
| 570 |
<body> |
| 571 |
|
| 572 |
<p> |
| 573 |
Exit the chrooted environment and unmount all mounted partitions. Then type in |
| 574 |
that one magical command you have been waiting for: <c>reboot</c>. |
| 575 |
</p> |
| 576 |
|
| 577 |
<pre caption="Exiting the chroot, unmounting all partitions and rebooting"> |
| 578 |
# <i>exit</i> |
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cdimage ~# <i>cd</i> |
| 580 |
cdimage ~# <i>umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/dev /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo</i> |
| 581 |
cdimage ~# <i>reboot</i> |
| 582 |
</pre> |
| 583 |
|
| 584 |
<note> |
| 585 |
<e>Cobalt Users:</e> The rest of this section covers the setting up of the SGI |
| 586 |
PROM so that it boots <c>arcboot</c>/<c>arcload</c> off disk and loads Linux. |
| 587 |
This is not applicable to the setup of Cobalt servers. In fact, all your work |
| 588 |
is done -- there is no configuration needed for the first boot up, you can skip |
| 589 |
to the next section: <uri link="?part=1&chap=11">Finalising your Gentoo |
| 590 |
Installation</uri> |
| 591 |
</note> |
| 592 |
|
| 593 |
</body> |
| 594 |
</subsection> |
| 595 |
</section> |
| 596 |
<section> |
| 597 |
<title>Tweaking the SGI PROM</title> |
| 598 |
<subsection> |
| 599 |
<title>Setting generic PROM settings</title> |
| 600 |
<body> |
| 601 |
|
| 602 |
<p> |
| 603 |
Now that you've installed the bootloader, you're ready to reboot the machine. |
| 604 |
</p> |
| 605 |
|
| 606 |
<pre caption="Rebooting"> |
| 607 |
<comment>(Exit the chroot environment)</comment> |
| 608 |
# <i>exit</i> |
| 609 |
|
| 610 |
<comment>(Unmount the drives)</comment> |
| 611 |
# <i>umount /gentoo/boot</i> |
| 612 |
# <i>umount /gentoo</i> |
| 613 |
|
| 614 |
<comment>(Reboot)</comment> |
| 615 |
# <i>reboot</i> |
| 616 |
</pre> |
| 617 |
|
| 618 |
<p> |
| 619 |
When you are rebooted, go to the <e>System Maintenance Menu</e> and select |
| 620 |
<e>Enter Command Monitor</e> (<c>5</c>) like you did when you netbooted the |
| 621 |
machine. |
| 622 |
</p> |
| 623 |
|
| 624 |
<pre caption="Configuring the PROM to Boot Gentoo"> |
| 625 |
1) Start System |
| 626 |
2) Install System Software |
| 627 |
3) Run Diagnostics |
| 628 |
4) Recover System |
| 629 |
5) Enter Command Monitor |
| 630 |
|
| 631 |
Option? <i>5</i> |
| 632 |
Command Monitor. Type "exit" to return to the menu. |
| 633 |
|
| 634 |
<comment>(Set some options which are common for both arcload and arcboot)</comment> |
| 635 |
|
| 636 |
<comment>(Provide the location of the Volume Header)</comment> |
| 637 |
>> <i>setenv SystemPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)</i> |
| 638 |
|
| 639 |
<comment>(Automatically boot Gentoo)</comment> |
| 640 |
>> <i>setenv AutoLoad Yes</i> |
| 641 |
|
| 642 |
<comment>(Set the timezone)</comment> |
| 643 |
>> <i>setenv TimeZone EST5EDT</i> |
| 644 |
|
| 645 |
<comment>(Use the serial console - graphic adapter users should have "g" instead of "d1" (one))</comment> |
| 646 |
>> <i>setenv console d1</i> |
| 647 |
|
| 648 |
<comment>(Setting the serial console baud rate. This is optional, 9600 is the ) |
| 649 |
(default setting, although one may use rates up to 38400 if that is desired. )</comment> |
| 650 |
>> <i>setenv dbaud 9600</i> |
| 651 |
</pre> |
| 652 |
|
| 653 |
<p> |
| 654 |
Now, the next settings depend on how you are booting the system. |
| 655 |
</p> |
| 656 |
|
| 657 |
</body> |
| 658 |
</subsection> |
| 659 |
|
| 660 |
<subsection> |
| 661 |
<title>Settings for direct volume-header booting</title> |
| 662 |
<body> |
| 663 |
|
| 664 |
<p> |
| 665 |
This is covered here for completeness. It's recommended that users look into |
| 666 |
installing <c>arcboot</c> or <c>arcload</c> instead. |
| 667 |
</p> |
| 668 |
|
| 669 |
<note> |
| 670 |
This only works on the Indy, Indigo2 (R4k) and Challenge S. |
| 671 |
</note> |
| 672 |
|
| 673 |
<pre caption="PROM settings for booting off the volume header"> |
| 674 |
<comment>(<root device> = Gentoo's root partition, e.g. /dev/sda3)</comment> |
| 675 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoadPartition <root device></i> |
| 676 |
|
| 677 |
<comment>(To list the available kernels, type "ls")</comment> |
| 678 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoader <kernel name></i> |
| 679 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoadFilename <kernel name></i> |
| 680 |
|
| 681 |
<comment>(Declare the kernel parameters you want to pass)</comment> |
| 682 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoadOptions <kernel parameters></i> |
| 683 |
</pre> |
| 684 |
|
| 685 |
<p> |
| 686 |
If you wish to try a kernel without messing with kernel parameters, you may do |
| 687 |
so using the <c>boot -f</c> PROM command: |
| 688 |
</p> |
| 689 |
|
| 690 |
<pre caption="Booting without changing environment variables"> |
| 691 |
<comment>(Booting a kernel, "new", with additional options)</comment> |
| 692 |
# <i>boot -f new root=/dev/sda3 ro</i> |
| 693 |
</pre> |
| 694 |
|
| 695 |
</body> |
| 696 |
</subsection> |
| 697 |
|
| 698 |
<subsection> |
| 699 |
<title>Settings for arcload</title> |
| 700 |
<body> |
| 701 |
|
| 702 |
<p> |
| 703 |
<c>arcload</c> uses the <c>OSLoadFilename</c> option to specify which options to |
| 704 |
set from <path>arc.cf</path>. The configuration file is essentially a script, |
| 705 |
with the top-level blocks defining boot images for different systems, and inside |
| 706 |
that, optional settings. Thus, setting <c>OSLoadFilename=mysys(serial)</c> |
| 707 |
pulls in the settings for the <c>mysys</c> block, then sets further options |
| 708 |
overridden in <c>serial</c>. |
| 709 |
</p> |
| 710 |
|
| 711 |
<p> |
| 712 |
In the example file above, we have one system block defined, <c>ip28</c> with |
| 713 |
<c>working</c>, <c>new</c> and <c>debug</c> options available. We define our |
| 714 |
PROM variables as so: |
| 715 |
</p> |
| 716 |
|
| 717 |
<pre caption="PROM settings for using arcload"> |
| 718 |
<comment>(Select arcload as the bootloader:- sash64 or sashARCS)</comment> |
| 719 |
>> setenv OSLoader sash64 |
| 720 |
|
| 721 |
<comment>(Use the "working" kernel image, defined in "ip28" section of arc.cf)</comment> |
| 722 |
>> setenv OSLoadFilename ip28(working) |
| 723 |
</pre> |
| 724 |
|
| 725 |
</body> |
| 726 |
</subsection> |
| 727 |
|
| 728 |
<subsection> |
| 729 |
<title>Settings for arcboot</title> |
| 730 |
<body> |
| 731 |
|
| 732 |
<p> |
| 733 |
<c>arcboot</c> loads its configuration file and kernels from your |
| 734 |
<path>/boot</path> partition, which needs to be formatted either EXT2 or EXT3. |
| 735 |
Thus <c>OSLoadPartition</c> needs to point to that partition. <c>OSLoader</c> |
| 736 |
should point to the <c>arcboot</c> binary in the volume header, and |
| 737 |
<c>OSLoadFilename</c> is the image name being used. |
| 738 |
</p> |
| 739 |
|
| 740 |
<pre caption="PROM settings for using arcboot"> |
| 741 |
<comment>(Read configuration and kernels from SCSI ID# 1, partition 0 -- sda1)</comment> |
| 742 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoadPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)</i> |
| 743 |
|
| 744 |
<comment>(Use arcboot as the bootloader)</comment> |
| 745 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoader arcload</i> |
| 746 |
|
| 747 |
<comment>(Which boot image in arcboot.conf to load)</comment> |
| 748 |
>> <i>setenv OSLoadFilename working</i> |
| 749 |
</pre> |
| 750 |
|
| 751 |
<p> |
| 752 |
When testing kernels via <c>arcboot</c> you can specify an alternate image like |
| 753 |
so (where <c>new</c> is the alternate image): |
| 754 |
</p> |
| 755 |
|
| 756 |
<pre caption="Specifying an alternate image"> |
| 757 |
# <i>boot new</i> |
| 758 |
</pre> |
| 759 |
|
| 760 |
</body> |
| 761 |
</subsection> |
| 762 |
|
| 763 |
<subsection> |
| 764 |
<title>All Done</title> |
| 765 |
<body> |
| 766 |
|
| 767 |
<p> |
| 768 |
Now you're ready to enjoy Gentoo! Boot in your Gentoo installation and finish |
| 769 |
up with <uri link="?part=1&chap=11">Finalizing your Gentoo |
| 770 |
Installation</uri>. |
| 771 |
</p> |
| 772 |
|
| 773 |
</body> |
| 774 |
</subsection> |
| 775 |
</section> |
| 776 |
</sections> |