User guide

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Freeway User Guide
Step 4: Boot Freeway from the Boot Server
To verify that the boot parameters are correct, boot Freeway by selecting “Shutdown
Options” at the Freeway Interactive Menu, then selecting “Reboot Server.” Rebooting is
described in Section 4.3.1 on page 122. If the boot fails, the hard disk cannot be built.
When the boot process is successful, the login prompt appears.
Log in to the Freeway server with the default user name (
simpact) and password
(
password). You can log in from the local console or use rlogin or telnet to log in from
the boot server or any other computer on the network. The Freeway Interactive Menu is
displayed.
You created a default configuration for the Freeway boot process when you performed
the software installation procedures described in Chapter 2. The default configuration
is sufficient for most sites. Customization is described in Chapter 3.
Step 5: Perform the “Build Hard Disk” Operation
After Freeway successfully boots from the boot server, you can build the hard disk. Dur-
ing this operation, the system copies the required files from the boot server to the hard
disk.
Each hard disk file name must be unique. As distributed by Protogate, the full path
names are defined so that uniqueness is ensured when the file names are created on the
hard disk. If you change the file names, make sure this uniqueness is preserved.
To build the hard disk, the system:
1. Reads the Freeway boot parameters to determine the name of the system boot
directory, the system boot file name, and the configuration file name.
2. Copies the boot configuration file from the boot server to the hard disk.