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<sect2 arch="mips" id="boot-tftp"><title>Booting with TFTP</title>
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<title>SGI Indys TFTP Booting</title>
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After entering the command monitor use
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<informalexample><screen>
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</screen></informalexample>
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on SGI Indys to boot linux and to begin installation of the Debian
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Software. In order to make this
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work you may have to unset the <envar>netaddr</envar> environment
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<informalexample><screen>
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</screen></informalexample>
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in the command monitor to do this.
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<title>Broadcom BCM91250A TFTP Booting</title>
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On the Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board, you have to load the SiByl boot
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loader via TFTP which will then load and start the Debian installer. In
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most cases, you will first obtain an IP address via DHCP but it is also
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possible to configure a static address. In order to use DHCP, you can
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enter the following command on the CFE prompt:
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<informalexample><screen>
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</screen></informalexample>
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Once you have obtained an IP address, you can load SiByl with the following
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<informalexample><screen>
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boot 192.168.1.1:/boot/sibyl
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</screen></informalexample>
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You need to substitute the IP address listed in this example with either
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the name or the IP address of your TFTP server. Once you issue this
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command, the installer will be loaded automatically.
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<sect2 arch="mips"><title>Boot Parameters</title>
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<title>SGI Indys TFTP Booting</title>
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On SGI Indys you can append boot parameters to the
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<command>bootp():</command> command in the command monitor.
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Following the <command>bootp():</command> command you can give the
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path and name of the file to boot if you did not give an explicit name
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via your bootp/dhcp server. Example:
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<informalexample><screen>
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bootp():/boot/tftpboot.img
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</screen></informalexample>
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Further kernel parameters can be passed via <command>append</command>:
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<informalexample><screen>
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bootp(): append="root=/dev/sda1"
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</screen></informalexample>
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<title>Broadcom BCM91250A TFTP Booting</title>
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You cannot pass any boot parameters directly from the CFE prompt. Instead,
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you have to edit the <filename>/boot/sibyl.conf</filename> file on the TFTP
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server and add your parameters to the <replaceable>extra_args</replaceable>