Replace bootfile with the name of your PA-RISC/Linux kernel image, usually 'lifimage'.

Now get the Ethernet address of your PA-RISC system by typing lanaddress at the 'BOOT_ADMIN>' prompt (see Section 1.2.3, “The information commands”).

It will return a number like 080009-7004b6. Take note of this number.

In /etc/rbootd.conf on your boot server, the Ethernet address has to be colon-delimited. That means you will have to modify the number you just obtained so that every set of two characters (after removing the '-') is separated by a colon. For example: 080009-7004b6 becomes 08:00:09:70:04:b6. Add the colon delimited Ethernet address to /etc/rbootd.conf on your boot server. The resulting file will look something like this:

# ethernet addr        boot file           comments

08:00:09:87:e4:8f      lifimage_715        # PA/Linux kernel for 715/33
08:00:09:70:04:b6      lifimage_720        # PA/Linux kernel for 720
							

This rbootd.conf example contains the Ethernet addresses and boot file names for two different machines.

Once you have changed the configuration file, restart rbootd.

Edit /etc/inetd.conf on your boot server to add the following line, if it doesn't already exist:

tftp           dgram   udp     wait    nobody  /usr/sbin/tcpd \
														/usr/sbin/in.tftpd /tftpboot
								

Here, /tftpboot/ is being used as tftpd server's root (this is where you will put the lifimage file). You can choose another directory if you want. According to man tftpd, this is the usual default directory.

When this is done, reload inetd with: /etc/init.d/inetd reload. Non-Debian users can also issue a killall -HUP inetd.

According to man 5 dhcpd.conf, edit the /etc/dhcpd.conf file to contain something like:

allow bootp;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
# This will tell the box its hostname while booting:
use-host-decl-names on;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
		option routers 192.168.1.1;
		option domain-name "foo.com";
		option domain-name-server 192.168.1.4;
}

host [hostname] {
		hardware ethernet [mac address];
		fixed-address [ip address];
		filename "[boot filename]";
		option root-path "[root path]";
}
								

You have to fill in the [hostname], [mac address], [ip address], [boot filename] and [root path] fields with the appropriate information, where:

You'll end up with something like this for each box you want to netboot:

host tatooine {
		hardware ethernet 00:40:05:18:0c:dd;
		fixed-address 192.168.1.22;
		filename "lifimage-tatooine";
		option root-path "/exports/tatooineroot";
}
								

Edit /etc/inetd.conf on your boot server to add the following lines, if they don't already exist:

tftp            dgram   udp     wait    nobody  /usr/sbin/tcpd       \
											/usr/sbin/in.tftpd /tftpboot
bootps          dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/bootpd     \
														bootpd -i -t 120
								

Here, /tftpboot/ is being used as tftpd server's root (this is where you will put the lifimage file). You can choose another directory if you want. According to man tftpd, this is the usual default directory.

When this is done, reload inetd with: /etc/init.d/inetd reload. Non-Debian users can also issue a killall -HUP inetd.

According to man 5 bootptab, edit the /etc/bootptab file to contain:

[hostname]:hd=/tftpboot:\
			:rp=[root path]:\
			:ht=ethernet:\
			:ha=[mac address]:\
			:ip=[ip address]:\
			:bf=[boot filename]:\
			:sm=255.255.255.0:\
			:to=7200:
								

You have to fill in the [hostname], [mac address], [ip address] and [root path] fields with the appropriate information, where:

You'll end up with something like this:

vodka:hd=/tftpboot:\
	 :rp=/usr/src/parisc/:\
	 :ht=ethernet:\
	 :ha=080069088717:\
	 :ip=140.244.9.208:\
	 :bf=lifimage:\
	 :sm=255.255.255.0:\
	 :to=7200: