--- wikisrc/ports/Attic/hp700faq.mdwn 2012/12/22 14:36:17 1.1 +++ wikisrc/ports/Attic/hp700faq.mdwn 2014/01/13 10:35:22 1.2 @@ -1,15 +1,10 @@ -- [Using a serial console](#serial_console) -- [How do I configure power-on settings (boot device, console, - etc.)](#boot_admin) -- [What devices does my system try to boot from (and how do I change - it)](#boot_order) -- [HP-UX Compatibility](#hpux_compat) +[[!meta title="NetBSD/hp700: Frequently Asked Questions"]] -* * * * * +[[!toc startlevel=1 levels=1]] -### +* * * * * -#### Using a serial console ([top](#general)) +# Using a serial console On most models, you can configure the Boot ROM to use a serial console instead of a locally attached keyboard and the framebuffer. The serial @@ -28,105 +23,48 @@ and [holding down the TOC (Transfer of C the machine for 10 seconds while powering up](http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/1999-December/008138.html) will force a serial console. The last two tricks do not appear to work -on older models (such as the 715 and 735). See the [special -instructions](serialconsole-712.html) for model 712 workstations. +on older models (such as the 715 and 735). See the [[special +instructions|serialconsole-712]] for model 712 workstations. From -[http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO/index.html](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO/index.html) + by Thomas Marteau, The Puffin Group and Deb Richardson. -1. Turn the PA-RISC machine on. Have both the keyboard and mouse - connected. -2. During the boot process, the following message will appear: - - ~~~~ {.programlisting} - Searching for Potential Boot Devices. - To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key. - ~~~~ - - When this message appears, press and hold the Esc key until an - options menu appears. - -3. By default, you enter the `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} console. In some 715s, - the options menu looks like this: - - ~~~~ {.programlisting} - b) Boot from specified device - s) Search for bootable devices - a) Enter Boot Administration mode - x) Exit and continue boot sequence - ?) Help - - Select from menu: - - ~~~~ - - Select `a) Enter Boot Administration mode`{.code}. This will bring - up a `BOOT_ADMIN>`{.code} prompt. Everything else you do will be in - `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} mode. So now, everybody is in the - `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} console! - -4. To change to serial console mode, type the following command at the - `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} command prompt: - - ~~~~ {.programlisting} - path console rs232_a.9600.8.none - ~~~~ - -5. Power down, power up. Be ready to hit ESC on your terminal to break - into the same options menu as in step 3. - -####The full procedure captured from a 735/99. -NetBSD/hp700: Changing from Local Console to Serial Console -=========================================================== - -~~~ {.programlisting} -(c) Copyright. Hewlett-Packard Company. 1992. -All rights reserved. - -PDC ROM rev. 1.1 -IODC ROM rev. 1.0 -240 MB of memory configured and tested. - - -Selecting a system to boot. -To stop selection process, press and hold the ESCAPE key. - -Booting from: scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N - -Selection process stopped. - +
    +
  1. Turn the PA-RISC machine on. Have both the keyboard and mouse connected.
    2. +
  2. During the boot process, the following message will appear: +
     Searching for Potential Boot Devices.
 To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key.
-
-Device Selection      Device Path              Device Type
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-P0                    scsi.6.0                 SEAGATE ST3600N
-
-Search terminated.
-
-
-
+
    +When this message appears, press and hold the Esc key until an +options menu appears.
    3. +
  3. By default, you enter the `BOOT_ADMIN` console. In some 715s, +the options menu looks like this: +
     b)    Boot from specified device
 s)    Search for bootable devices
 a)    Enter Boot Administration mode
 x)    Exit and continue boot sequence
-?)    Help
-
-Select from menu: a
-BOOT_ADMIN> path
-Primary boot path   = scsi.6.0
-Alternate boot path = lan.080009-6265a6.0.0
-Console path        = graphics
-Keyboard path       = hil
-BOOT_ADMIN> path console rs232_a.9600.8.none
-BOOT_ADMIN> reset
-Resetting ...
-~~~
+?)    Help
    
+       Select from menu:
+
    +Select `a) Enter Boot Administration mode`. This will bring +up a `BOOT_ADMIN>` prompt. Everything else you do will be in +`BOOT_ADMIN` mode. So now, everybody is in the +`BOOT_ADMIN` console!
    4. + +
  4. To change to serial console mode, type the following command at the +`BOOT_ADMIN` command prompt: +
    +path console rs232_a.9600.8.none
+
    +
    5. +
  5. Power down, power up. Be ready to hit ESC on your terminal to break + into the same options menu as in step 3.
    6. +
- -#### How do I configure power-on settings (boot device, console, etc.) ([top](#general)) +# How do I configure power-on settings (boot device, console, etc.) All 700 series workstations have a Boot Administration command line utility in their Boot ROM which lets you configure various settings. For @@ -134,168 +72,44 @@ example, you can set whether the system device to try booting from first, determine the ethernet MAC address, set up a serial console, and possibly do some low level hardware access. -To get to the `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} prompt, you must press the -`ESCAPE`{.code} key before it tries to boot an OS. Since these machines +To get to the `BOOT_ADMIN` prompt, you must press the +`ESCAPE` key before it tries to boot an OS. Since these machines often take a long time between powering on and the brief window of time -where you can hit the `ESCAPE`{.code} key, you must pay attention. It +where you can hit the `ESCAPE` key, you must pay attention. It may take over a minute after pressing the power button before anything will show up on screen. -Once you have escaped out of the `Selecting a system to boot`{.code} and -`Searching for Potential Boot Devices`{.code} you need to type the -"`a`{.code}" key to get to the `BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} prompt. Now, use the -online help with the `HELP`{.code} command. - -`BOOT_ADMIN`{.code} menus options on a 735/99. - -~~~ {.programlisting} -(c) Copyright. Hewlett-Packard Company. 1992. -All rights reserved. - -PDC ROM rev. 1.1 -IODC ROM rev. 1.0 -240 MB of memory configured and tested. - - -Selecting a system to boot. -To stop selection process, press and hold the ESCAPE key. - -Booting from: scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N +Once you have escaped out of the `Selecting a system to boot` and +`Searching for Potential Boot Devices` you need to type the +"`a`" key to get to the `BOOT_ADMIN` prompt. Now, use the +online help with the `HELP` command. -Selection process stopped. +Have fun (and see this brief [[transcript|boot_admin]] of some of the `BOOT_ADMIN` menus options on a 735/99). -Searching for Potential Boot Devices. -To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key. - -Device Selection Device Path Device Type ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -P0 scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N - -Search terminated. - - - - -b) Boot from specified device -s) Search for bootable devices -a) Enter Boot Administration mode -x) Exit and continue boot sequence -?) Help +# What devices does my system try to boot from (and how do I change it) -Select from menu: a -BOOT_ADMIN> help +Use the `AUTOSELECT` and `PATH` commands in the +[`BOOT_ADMIN`](#boot_admin) environment. -The following commands are available: +# HP-UX Compatibility - AUTOSELECT Display/Set state of AUTOSELECT flag - BOOT Boot from Primary/Alternate path or Specified Device - DATE Read/Set the Real-Time Clock - EXIT Return to previous menu - FASTBOOT Display/Set state of FASTBOOT flag - FASTSIZE Display/Set FASTSIZE memory parameter - FDDI_ADDR Display FDDI Station Address - HELP Display Help information for - INFO Display boot/revision information - LAN_ADDR Display LAN Station Address - OS Display/Select Operating System - PATH Display/Modify Path Information - PIM_INFO Display Processor Internal Memory Information - RESET Reset the System - SEARCH Search for boot device - SECURE Display/set secure boot mode - SHOW Display the results of the previous search - -BOOT_ADMIN> help autoselect - -AUTOSELECT/AUTO Display the state of the AUTOSELECT flag - -AUTOSELECT ON Enable AUTOSELECT at next boot -AUTOSELECT OFF Disable AUTOSELECT at next boot - -AUTOSELECT enables the automatic search and selection of -a boot device. The autoselection search process for boot -devices is ordered: - - primary boot device (as defined in Stable Storage) - - SCSI at address 6 - - SCSI at address 5 - - FWSCSI at address 6 - - FWSCSI at address 5 - - LAN - - Other devices connected to SCSI - - Other devices connected to FWSCSI - - EISA - -BOOT_ADMIN> autoselect -AUTOSELECT ON. -BOOT_ADMIN> autoselect off -AUTOSELECT OFF. -BOOT_ADMIN> lan_addr -LAN Station Address: 080009-488879 -BOOT_ADMIN> help path - -Set named path in Stable Storage: PATH [.] -Display named path: PATH -Display all paths in Stable Storage: PATH - - primary, alternate, console, keyboard - [.] may be one of the following: - - eisa. (EISA adapter) - fwscsi. (On-board FASTWIDE SCSI interface) - lan. (Slider-card LAN interface) - scsi. (On-board SCSI interface) - - graphics (Graphics Slot) - hil (HP-HIL Module) - parallel (On-board Parallel Port) - rs232_a. (Serial Port A) - rs232_b. (Serial Port B) - -For more information on device options, type HELP -where = eisa, lan, rs232, etc ... - -BOOT_ADMIN> path -Primary boot path = scsi.6.0 -Alternate boot path = lan.080009-6265a6.0.0 -Console path = graphics -Keyboard path = hil - -BOOT_ADMIN> help lan - - -LAN (IEEE 802.3/Ethernet LAN) Path Specification - - lan... - - 12 digit (hex) LAN server address - max number of times to try a boot request - (0 = default, 255 = infinite) - max number of times to try a read request - (0 = default, 255 = infinite) - -Example: to specify LAN address 123456-78ABCD with infinite -initialization retries and default I/O retries, - - lan.123456-78ABCD.255.0 - -If one or more parameters are not specified, the following -defaults will be used: = 000000-000000 - = 3 tries - = 6 tries - -BOOT_ADMIN> reset -Resetting ... -~~~ +NetBSD/hp700 will one day feature extensive binary compatibility with +HP-UX programs, however this work has not been done yet. +# History of NetBSD/hp700 -#### What devices does my system try to boot from (and how do I change it) ([top](#general)) +The hp700 port of NetBSD was started by Matt Fredette in October 2001. He started working with Michael Shalayeff's [OpenBSD/hppa](http://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html) sources at that time, and after much work had it booting multiuser in March of 2002. At that time he began merging the port into the NetBSD tree. -Use the `AUTOSELECT`{.code} and `PATH`{.code} commands in the -[`BOOT_ADMIN`{.code}](#boot_admin) environment. +# Other sources of information -#### HP-UX Compatibility ([top](#general)) +* [OpenBSD/hppa](http://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html) +* [PA-RISC Linux Development Project](http://parisc-linux.org/index.html) +* [The Cypher HP PA-RISC Project page](http://www.openpa.net/) (good info on hp700 machines) +* [Utah PA-RISC Mach/Lites/4.4](http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/mach4-parisc/html/pamach.html) (obsolete) +* [MkLinux for HP PA-RISC](ftp://ftp.cirr.com/pub/hppa/mklinux/mkpa.html) (obsolete) +* [HPBSD: Utah's 4.3bsd port for HP9000 series machines](http://www.flux.utah.edu/~mike/hpbsd/hpbsd.html) (obsolete) +* [HP Workstation Documentation Archive](http://www.hp.com/workstations/support/archive/) (some manuals for Series 700 machines) +* [Netbooting NetBSD/hp700](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/network/netboot/intro.hp700.html). +* [General NetBSD Documentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/) - for questions not specific to NetBSD/hp700. -NetBSD/hp700 will one day feature extensive binary compatibility with -HP-UX programs, however this work has not been done yet.