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Windows-Newsreaders-under-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Windows Newsreaders under Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2003</CiteTitle>.
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Dec 2003</CiteTitle>.
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Describes how to set up and use several different Windows Usenet newsreaders
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under the Linux operating system using the Wine "emulator." </Para>
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</ListItem>
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PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2002</CiteTitle>.
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2003</CiteTitle>.
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Outlines the procedures for getting the current
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PA-RISC/Linux development kernel to boot on your PA-RISC system.
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It also explains the functions of PALO, the kernel loader
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@ -5115,7 +5115,7 @@ running Microsoft Windows 9x. </Para>
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Windows-Newsreaders-under-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Windows Newsreaders under Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2003</CiteTitle>.
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Dec 2003</CiteTitle>.
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Describes how to set up and use several different Windows Usenet newsreaders
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under the Linux operating system using the Wine "emulator." </Para>
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</ListItem>
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PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2002</CiteTitle>.
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2003</CiteTitle>.
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Outlines the procedures for getting the current
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PA-RISC/Linux development kernel to boot on your PA-RISC system.
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It also explains the functions of PALO, the kernel loader
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@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ How to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. </Para>
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PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2002</CiteTitle>.
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<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2003</CiteTitle>.
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Outlines the procedures for getting the current
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PA-RISC/Linux development kernel to boot on your PA-RISC system.
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It also explains the functions of PALO, the kernel loader
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<!ENTITY PO "<command>PALO</command>">
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<!ENTITY V "<emphasis>via</emphasis>">
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<!ENTITY D "Debian">
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<!ENTITY trade "™">
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<!ENTITY W "Windows™ 2k">
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<!-- Please use these abreviations -->
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]>
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<book id="index">
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</collab>
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</authorgroup>
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<revhistory>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>1.1</revnumber>
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<date>2003-11-01</date>
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<authorinitials>tm</authorinitials>
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<revremark>
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<link linkend='win2k'>Jeremy Drake's &W; server boot howto</link> has been added.
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</revremark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
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<date>2002-10-04</date>
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<ulink url="ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-cd/3.0_r0/hppa/">available</ulink>
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for hppa architecture. If you experience any trouble, try the development
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<xref linkend="glossnetinst"/> ISO images from the
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<ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html">The &PL;
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<ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html">The &PL;
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ESIEE Team</ulink>.</para>
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<para>After listing the supported hardware, this HOWTO explains
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some commands of the basic console available at boot time. Then, the
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<sect1 id="copyright">
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<title>Copyright and Licensing</title>
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<literallayout>
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Copyright 2002 Thibaut Varene.
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Copyright 2001-2002 Thomas Marteau.
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Copyright 2002-2003 Thibaut Varene.
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Copyright 2001-2003 Thomas Marteau.
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Copyright 1999 The Puffin Group and Deb Richardson.
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</literallayout>
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="hardware">
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<title>Supported Hardware</title>
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<para>With the release of the 0.9.3 version of &PL;,
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<para>With the release of &PA; architecture in $&D; 3.0 (aka Woody),
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a major improvement was
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made in term of quantity and quality of hardware support.
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Since 0.9.3 released, the kernel has been greatly improved, so that much
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any other box of a different architecture.
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We must add that this list can change at any time.
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The best way to get an up to date version is to look at
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<ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/list.html">http://pateam.esiee.fr/list.html</ulink>.
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<ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/list.html">http://www.pateam.org/list.html</ulink>.
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There you will know if your hardware is supported and up to what level. For
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example, if you can run &PL; using the <emphasis>serial console</emphasis>
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or the graphic card.</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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K class is supported if you are using the ISO images made by the
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<ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html">ESIEE team</ulink>
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<ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html">ESIEE team</ulink>
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tagged with <emphasis>"-PDC-"</emphasis>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Anyway, if you feel like trying bleeding edge solutions, there is a tip at the <ulink url="http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/1999-December/008117.html">&PL; mailing list archive</ulink>.
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This describes how to change the console from an <emphasis>HP/UX ISL</emphasis> prompt.
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You can find a small HP/UX <emphasis>lifimage</emphasis> here : <ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/archive/uxbootlf">http://pateam.esiee.fr/archive/uxbootlf</ulink>. (See further <xref linkend="bootnetwork"/> to learn how to <emphasis>netboot</emphasis> a <emphasis>lifimage</emphasis>).
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You can find a small HP/UX <emphasis>lifimage</emphasis> here : <ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/archive/uxbootlf">http://www.pateam.org/archive/uxbootlf</ulink>. (See further <xref linkend="bootnetwork"/> to learn how to <emphasis>netboot</emphasis> a <emphasis>lifimage</emphasis>).
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In fact, serial console on 712 is only useful if you want to boot the box without any keyboard attached to it, which is otherwise not possible.
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</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A partition within the first 2GB of your target device has to be of
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partition type '<computeroutput>f0</computeroutput>',
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A partition within the first 2GB of your target device has to be of partition
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type '<computeroutput>f0</computeroutput>',
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which is the reserved partition type for &PO; boot loader.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<ulink url="http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/~checkout~/palo/README.html?rev=HEAD">&PO; readme</ulink>.
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This section is mostly inspired from Paul Bame's file as
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well as the page about &PO; you can find at
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<ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/palo.html">http://pateam.esiee.fr/palo.html</ulink>.
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<ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/palo.html">http://www.pateam.org/palo.html</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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Booting from CD is one of the easiest way to start and install your &PA; machine;
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assuming you have a CD drive handy and a bootable CD.
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You can download official &PL; ISOs as well as recent <emphasis>Net Install</emphasis> ISO
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(see <xref linkend="gloss"/>) at <ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html">The &PL; ESIEE Team download page</ulink>,
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(see <xref linkend="gloss"/>) at <ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html">The &PL; ESIEE Team download page</ulink>,
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or at <ulink url="ftp://www.parisc-linux.org/cd-images/">&PA;/Linux official website</ulink>.
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</para>
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<orderedlist numeration="lowerroman">
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<para>
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You will need a <emphasis>lifimage</emphasis> to perform a network boot.
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See <xref linkend="whatdoespalo"/> to learn how to create one.
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You can also download one at <ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/cd-images/lifimages/">http://pateam.esiee.fr/cd-images/lifimages/</ulink>
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You can also download one at <ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/cd-images/lifimages/">http://www.pateam.org/cd-images/lifimages/</ulink>
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</para>
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</important>
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</sect2>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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For all distributions but &D;, by getting our archive at <ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html#deb">http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html#deb</ulink>
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For all distributions but &D;, by getting our archive at <ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html#deb">http://www.pateam.org/download.html#deb</ulink>
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</para>
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&PA;/Linux kernel image, usually '<filename>lifimage</filename>'.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<listitem id="getmac">
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<para>
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</orderedlist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Booting your &PL; system from network with serial console</title>
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<sect2 id="realnetboot">
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<title>Booting your &PL; system from network</title>
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<para>To conclude with the developers' way to boot the
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kernel, this section will tell you how to actually boot your
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system from a network server. But it tends to be less and less used.
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Most users will prefer to stick to <xref linkend="boothd"/>.</para>
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<para>Here we are. These are just some tips to get
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<para>Here we are. These are just some tips to get
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the boot for those who tried the network way.
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We assume that you've done everything outlined above, your development PC
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you've got a bootable &PL; kernel lifimage on your boot server,
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If everything is ready, as well as you, the following procedure
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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the &PA; machine's boot process, press and hold the <keycap>Esc</keycap>
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<programlisting>
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<ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html">the &PL; ESIEE
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<ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html">the &PL; ESIEE
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Team website</ulink>. For other architectures or if you want to
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<ulink url="http://www.parisc-linux.org/toolchain/PARISC-Linux-XC-HOWTO.html">Carlos O'Donell's HOWTO</ulink>.
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It needs a recent <literal>MAKEDEV</literal> package to be created this way.
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By the time this HOWTO was written, such a package could only be found on <emphasis>netinst</emphasis>
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ISO provided at <ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html">http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html</ulink>.
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ISO provided at <ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html">http://www.pateam.org/download.html</ulink>.
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could only be found on <emphasis>netinst</emphasis> ISO provided at
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<ulink url="http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html">http://pateam.esiee.fr/download.html</ulink>.</para>
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<ulink url="http://www.pateam.org/download.html">http://www.pateam.org/download.html</ulink>.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="win2k">
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<title>&W; server boot howto</title>
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<para>
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This chapter is mainly a copy of Jeremy Drake's &W; server boot howto.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="setupdhcp">
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<title>Setup your DHCP server</title>
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<para>
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Like for the UNIX/Linux based approach, you need several information and
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data before setting everything. First of all, you need the MAC address of
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your &PA; box. Please <link linkend="getmac">read these instructions</link>.
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You are going to need a <link linkend="glosslifimage">lifimage</link> file.
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Please <link linkend="preparingnetboot">read these instructions</link>.
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<para>
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Then, you have to enable DHCP service on your &W; box. You can do that by
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going into the Control Panel then Add/remove programs then Windows components
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and finally Networking Services. There you will ask for Dynamic Host
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</para>
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<para>
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You need to setup the DHCP service now. Launch the DHCP admin tool by
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Expand your server tree.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Right click on Reservations. Select "New
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Reservation...".
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<listitem><para>For reservation name, I put my workstation's host
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name. Enter an unused IP address. Enter the &PA; box' mac address (no
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delimiters, just the hex number). Select "Both" for whether it
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should be bootp or dhcp. Click "Ok" to close this window.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Find your new reservation at the bottom of the
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list under Reservations and click it.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Right click "Configure Options..."
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<listitem><para>It should have inherited your server's default
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<listitem><para>Scroll down the list of options to 066 "Boot
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Server Host Name". Check the box next to option 066. Enter your tftp
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<listitem><para>Check option 067 "Bootfile Name" and
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enter the name of the lifimage. Generally, lifimage is a good choice here.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click "Ok" and your dhcp server is
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ready !
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="gettftp">
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<title>Get your TFTP server</title>
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<para>
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To get the network boot process operational, you need the TFTP service that
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provides the basic file system at boot time. Get Tftpd from
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<ulink url="http://tftpd32.jounin.net/">http://tftpd32.jounin.net/</ulink>.
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You must download the latest version in zip format. Unzip it and store it in
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your favorite place. Then, you must setup the monster.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Run tftpd32.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click the "browse" button
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Browse to where you put your lifimage, highlight
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it and click "Ok".
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Make sure the IP address below the directory is
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the one you gave to your &PA; box.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Leave tftpd32 running. The tftp server only runs
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when the gui is displayed.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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If you want to run it as a NT service, you have to download a Microsoft™
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program. Please refer to the
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<ulink url="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philippe.jounin/tftpd32.html#FAQ">\
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Tftpd32's FAQ</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tryw2k">
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<title>Launch your netboot</title>
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<para>
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Now, you are fully set up to try the boot of your &PA; box via network.
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You can follow these <link linkend="realnetboot">instructions</link>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have any trouble, start by looking at those points and then ask the
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&PL; mailing list.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Settings on the DHCP server (verify the &PA; MAC
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address is correct).
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Your dhcp server is on the same physical network
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segment as the &PA; box.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The network connection of the 2 boxes.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Try to tcpdump while you are "boot
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lan"ing the &PA; box.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="contributors">
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<title>HOWTO contributors</title>
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<para>
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@ -2518,6 +2627,11 @@ Thanks for your example about &PO;</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>Helge Deller
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<email>deller@gmx.de</email></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Jeremy Drake
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<email>jeremyd@apptechsys.com</email>
|
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Thanks for your &W; server boot howto</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
|
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<para>Grant Grundler
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@ -2929,4 +3043,3 @@ keyboard and console, and the use of non-ASCII characters.</para>
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</biblioentry>
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</bibliography>
|
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</book>
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|
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@ -15,10 +15,16 @@
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</affiliation>
|
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</author>
|
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|
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<pubdate>2003-10-24</pubdate>
|
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<pubdate>2003-12-11</pubdate>
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|
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<!-- Most recent revision goes at the top; list in descending order -->
|
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<revhistory>
|
||||
<revision>
|
||||
<revnumber>2.02</revnumber>
|
||||
<date>2003-12-11</date>
|
||||
<authorinitials>dq</authorinitials>
|
||||
<revremark>Updated "Window sizing problems" in Xnews and added another Xnews problem. TODO updated with what the document will not cover.</revremark>
|
||||
</revision>
|
||||
<revision>
|
||||
<revnumber>2.01</revnumber>
|
||||
<date>2003-10-24</date>
|
||||
|
|
@ -95,9 +101,9 @@ http://www.geocities.com/core_dump_000/Windows-Newsreaders-under-Linux-HOWTO.xml
|
|||
<title>Introduction</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
One of the problems with Linux today is the lack of a decent newsreader, where
|
||||
Windows has several. Under Windows, two of the most popular newsreaders are
|
||||
Xnews and Dialog.
|
||||
One of the problems with Linux today is the lack of a good newsreader, where
|
||||
Windows has several newsreader programs of better quality. Under Windows, two
|
||||
of the most popular newsreaders are Xnews and Dialog.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Xnews, created by Luu Tran, is a free newsreader for Windows,
|
||||
|
|
@ -291,6 +297,13 @@ Dialog version 2.0 Beta 28 is used. The website for Dialog is
|
|||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This document will not cover the following newsreaders: XanaNews (I cannot
|
||||
get this to work) and newsreaders included in browsers (Outlook Express,
|
||||
Netscape/Mozilla Mail and News, etc)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
|
@ -599,6 +612,15 @@ be included in future versions of this document.
|
|||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<title>"Compose" message body does not automatically wrap</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In some cases, the message body of a Compose window does not automatically
|
||||
wrap. Simply clicking "Rewrap Text" as this happens will fix the
|
||||
problem.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -825,7 +847,8 @@ way.
|
|||
<title>Window sizing problems</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Depending on the window manager used, the window may need to be re-maximized
|
||||
after switching to another window.
|
||||
after switching to another window. Other sizing problems might be present
|
||||
as well.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
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