Installation guide
3: Configuring the Boot Parameters using the Initialization Disk
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Figure 3–1: Example of the Freeway System Boot Parameters
Table 3–1: Freeway System Boot Parameter Descriptions
Boot Parameter Description
Boot Device To boot over standard Ethernet from the boot server using the primary
3Com Etherlink III network interface card, set the boot device to one
of the following depending on the physical connector you will be
using:
to use the AUI connection, set the boot device to ee
ee
ll
ll
tt
tt
,,
,,
11
11
to use the BNC connection, set the boot device to ee
ee
ll
ll
tt
tt
,,
,,
22
22
to use the RJ-45 connection, set the boot device to ee
ee
ll
ll
tt
tt
,,
,,
33
33
To boot over standard Ethernet from the boot server using the second-
ary 3Com Etherlink III network interface card, set the boot device to
one of the following:
to use the AUI connection, set the boot device to ee
ee
ll
ll
tt
tt
11
11
,,
,,
11
11
to use the BNC connection, set the boot device to ee
ee
ll
ll
tt
tt
11
11
,,
,,
22
22
to use the RJ-45 connection, set the boot device to ee
ee
ll
ll
tt
tt
11
11
,,
,,
33
33
To boot over Fast Ethernet from the boot server using the primary
Intel EtherExpress PRO/100-compatible network interface card, set
the boot device to ff
ff
ee
ee
ii
ii
or ff
ff
ee
ee
ii
ii
00
00
.
To boot over Fast Ethernet from the boot server using the secondary
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100-compatible network interface card, set the
boot device to ff
ff
ee
ee
ii
ii
11
11
.
To boot from the local disk, set the boot device to ii
ii
dd
dd
ee
ee
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00
00
,,
,,
00
00
..
..
Boot_Device : elt,2
Processor_Number : 0
FTP_User_Name : freeway
FTP_Password : password
Flags : 0
Freeway_Server_Name : freeway1
Freeway_Inet_Address : 192.168.45.6
Freeway_Subnet_Mask : ffffff00
Boot_Server_Name : bootmaster
Boot_Server_Inet_Address : 192.168.45.1
System_Boot_Directory : /usr/local/freeway/boot
System_Boot_File_Name : fw486
Configuration_File_Name : bootcfg.pci
Secondary_Net_Interface :
Gateway_Inet_Address :