Installation guide

Chapter 4. Conﬁguring the Boot Parameters Using the Initialization Diskette

Boot Parameter Description

Boot Server Name Enter the name assigned by the system administrator for the boot server. Optionally,

you can clear this ﬁeld and the software will assign the default name "bootserver." If

you are booting from the local disk, this parameter is ignored.

Boot Server Inet Address Enter the Internet address assigned by the system administrator for the boot server in

decimal dot notation (for example, 192.168.1.2). If you are booting from the local disk,

this parameter is ignored.

System Boot Directory If the Freeway boot ﬁles will be stored in the home directory of the FTP (or RSH) user

account, clear this ﬁeld. Otherwise, enter the full path name of the boot directory. The

default UNIX directory is /usr/local/freeway/boot. The default VMS directory

is SYS$SYSDEVICE:[FREEWAY.BOOT]. For Windows NT versions earlier than 4.0, the

default directory is c:\freeway\boot. For Windows NT 4.0 or later, use the alias you

have set up to point to the freeway\boot directory. To boot from the local disk, set the

system boot directory to /ide.

System Boot File Name Enter the system boot ﬁle name for this Freeway. The default is fw486.

Conﬁguration File Name This parameter contains the ﬁle that Freeway uses to conﬁgure the physical devices and

services. Enter the ﬁle name for your Freeway. The default is bootcfg.pci. For any

Freeway using ICP_IP virtual ICP devices, the default is bootcfg.ip.

Secondary Network

Interface

If the Boot Device (boot server) is an IP network device, the Secondary Network

Interface parameter is unused (this is the default). If the Boot Device is the hard or ﬂash

disk, this parameter speciﬁes the local area network device to be used after the Freeway

boots. Set this parameter to fei to use the primary Ethernet (on the CPU board) or

fei1 to use the secondary Ethernet board.

Gateway Inet Interface If your Freeway and boot server are on the same local network, clear this parameter

(this is the default). If they are on different networks, enter the IP address of the gateway

machine on the Freeway’s network that provides access to the boot server’s network.

Table 4-2. Flags for Freeway Reset Action

Flags Parameter Value Boot Protocol and Reset Action

0x0000 (default) Upon system reset, wait 7 seconds before autobooting.

0x0004 Upon system reset, display the Freeway Boot System Main Menu. Do not autoboot.

0x0008 Upon system reset, wait 2 seconds before autobooting.

0x2000 Force primary boot network interface to operate at 10 megabits/second, half duplex.

The Flags word is an inclusive "OR" of the desired bits for the individual functions; for

example, 0x2008 waits 2 seconds before autobooting and forces the 10

megabits/second speed.