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diff --git a/tools/alpha/cd/up1000/install.txt b/tools/alpha/cd/up1000/install.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 61dff54f9..000000000 --- a/tools/alpha/cd/up1000/install.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,356 +0,0 @@ - -- Contents of floppy - -apb.exe Alpha Processor bootloader v. 1.0.1. -apb.cfg Sample apb configuration file. -up1000.pal PAL code for Linux on UP1000. -vmlinux.gz Linux kernel v. 2.2.12 with UP1000 patch. -System.gz Kernel Symbol table. -INSTALL This file. - - -- Installation of RedHat Linux from CD ROM - -1. Copy this directory to a floppy disk. - -2. Insert floppy disk and RedHat Linux CD ROM. - This installation guide assumes - - hard disk is connected to primary channel as a master - - CD ROM drive is connected to primary channel as a slave - -3. From AlphaBIOS run apb.exe as a utility program. - [F2]->Utility->Run maintanace program - -4. At the apb command prompt, type - apb> cd floppy - apb> bootl up1000.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/hdb - This assumes you have an ATAPI CD ROM drive which Linux recognizes - as /dev/hdb (you may have to try /dev/hda, /dev/hdc, etc. depending - on your configuration. For a SCSI CD ROM drive, /dev/scd or - /dev/scd0. - -5. This should get you into the RedHat installation program. During the - disk partitioning phase of the installation be sure to allocate a small - FAT partition to be used as the "boot" partition. 10 MB should be ample. - If you choose 'Workstation' or 'Server' package then you don't need to - partition the disk by yourself. - * Follow the common redhat installation procedure. - * During install, Don't configure X server, - * Select 'Startup through ARC console' on timezone setup menu. - -6. Due to bugs in redhat 6.0, FAT partition is not formatted during installation - depends on package selection. - So, After installation, run apb.exe from flopy again and at the - apb command prompt, type - apb> cd floppy - apb> bootl up1000.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/hda5 single - You'll get shell prompt then type following commands. - # mkfs -t msdos /dev/hda1 - # mount /dev/hda1 /dos - # mcopy a:*.* /dos - # gzip -dc /dos/system.gz > /boot/System.map - # ln -s Tsunami /etc/alpha_systype - # init 6 - -8. Configure the OS selection menu of AlphaBIOS to start apb.exe - from the boot partition. - In 'OS Selection' menu([F2]->Operating system->OS selection setup), - Make an entry like this. - - Boot name: Linux - Boot file: Disk 0 Partition 1 \apb.exe - OS Path : Disk 0 Partition 2 \winnt - OS Options: - - OS Path doesn't have any meaning, just leave it intact. - -9. You can run apb from hard disk by selecting what you configured on step 8. - -10. Set the environment variable APB_DEVICE to be the AlphaBIOS name - of the boot partition. - For example, - apb> setenv APB_DEVICE scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) - type 'cd' once to make above environment variable change to be applied. - apb> cd - -11. Now, You can boot linux by selecting 'Linux' on BIOS' OS boot menu - and then type this on apb prompt - - apb> bootl up1000.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/hda5 - - If you don't want to type above long line everytime. You have two options - 1. Create apb.cfg file under /dos directory, Its contents look like - - linux|bootl up1000.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/hda5 - - then you can boot linux by typying - - apb> boot linux - - 2. Put option string in OS Selection setup menu of BIOS setup. - - Boot name: Linux - Boot file: Disk 0 Partition 1 \apb.exe - OS Path : Disk 0 Partition 2 \winnt - OS Options: bootl up1000.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/hda5 - - Then this setup will boot linux without apb prompt. - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - APB -- Alpha Processor Bootstrap Loader for AlphaBIOS - - Alpha Processor, Inc. - 130C Baker Ave. Ext. - Concord, MA 01742, USA - - David Daniel, Soohoon Lee, Stig Telfer - customer.support@alpha-processor.com - -======================================================================== - - Copyright (c) 1999, Alpha Processor, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - -Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its -documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, -provided that the copyright notice and this permission notice appear -in all copies of software and supporting documentation, and that the -name of Alpha Processor not be used in advertising or publicity -pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written -prior permission. Alpha Processor grants this permission provided -that you prominently mark, as not part of the original, any -modifications made to this software or documentation. - -Alpha Processor disclaims all warranties and/or guarantees with regard -to this software, including all implied warranties of fitness for a -particular purpose and merchantability, and makes no representations -regarding the use of, or the results of the use of, the software and -documentation in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, -currentness or otherwise; and you rely on the software, documentation -and results solely at your own risk. - -======================================================================== - - -0. Introduction - -APB is a bootstrap loader for Alpha processor based systems with -AlphaBIOS firmware. It is primarily intended to be used for booting -Linux, though it may also be useful for free BSD derived systems. - -APB borrows ideas and some code from many places, notably Linux and -other Linux loaders for Alpha systems (aboot and MILO), and the ARCDos -example in the ARC Application Development Kit. APB can also be -linked against zlib to support reading compressed kernel and PALcode -images. See the file CREDITS for details. - - -1. Using APB - -+ Overview - -APB presents a simple command line interface with the following -commands - - boot TARGET boot a target in the configuration file - bootl PALCODE KERNEL ARG1 ... boot Unix - cd DEVICE set the current device - cp | copy FILE1 FILE2 copy files - exit | quit exit to AlphaBIOS - halt | reset system shutdown options - ls | dir list files on the current device - mkdir DIR make a directory - more FILE list a file - mv | rename FILE1 FILE2 rename a file - pwd print the current device - rm | delete FILE delete a file - printenv [NAME] print environment variable(s) - setenv [NAME [VAL]] (un)set environment variable - show targets | devices show information - -At any time an AlphaBIOS is device is selected as the default or -current device. On initialization this is set to the value of the -APB_DEVICE firmware environment variable, or "multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)" -(usually the floppy device) if this is not set. - -To change the default device, use the "cd" command. For example - - cd scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\os\linux - -sets the default device to be the second partition of the disk 0 on -the 0th SCSI controller. To save this for future invocations, set the -APB_DEVICE firmware environment variable using the "setenv" command: - - setenv APB_DEVICE scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\os\linux - -After this you can return to this device using "cd". - -Also the special targets - - cd floppy - cd cdrom - -will take you to the (first) floppy and CD-ROM drives respectively. - -If there is a file system supported by AlphaBIOS on the device -- FAT, -ISO 9660 (CD-ROM) -- then a directory listing can be obtained using -the "dir" or "ls" command: - - apb> ls - Directory listing of scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2): - APB.CFG - APB.EXE - LINUX.PAL - VMLINUX - - -+ Booting from disk - -The recommended way to boot a system using APB is set aside a small -(10 - 30 MB) FAT partition on one disk to be used as a boot partition. -The following files should be placed on the boot partition: - - The APB image (APB.EXE) - The PALcode image - The kernel image - An optional configuration file "APB.CFG" (see below) - -Run APB (either from floppy or from the boot partition and use it to -set the environment variable APB_DEVICE to the name of the boot -partition. For example if the boot partition is the first partition -on a SCSI disk with SCSI ID 3 on the first SCSI controller, and the files are in directory \os\linux set APB_DEVICE using - - apb> setenv APB_DEVICE scsi(0)disk(3)rdisk(0)partition(1)\os\linux - -To enable autoboot - - apb> setenv APB_AUTOBOOT 1 - -This performs the first boot command it finds in the APB configuration -file, unless interrupted. - -Otherwise boot manually using a command such as - - apb> bootl palcode kernel [kernel_arg1 [kernel_arg1 ...]] - -or use one of the labels defined in the APB configuration file, for -example - - apb> boot linux - -See below for the configuration file format. - -+ Environment variables - -APB uses the following firmware environment variables to set default -noptions: - - APB_DEVICE Default device for all operations - APB_AUTOBOOT Determines whether an autoboot should be attempted - -If these are not set on invocation, then they are set to reasonable -values, namely - - APB_DEVICE=multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0) - APB_AUTOBOOT=0 - -+ Configuration file - -APB consults a configuration file "APB.CFG" that is assumed to be -located at the current device path (initially given by environment -variable APB_DEVICE). The file consists of lines that are either -comments, or boot commands prefixed with a mnemonic label. For example - - # This is comment - linux-2.2|bootl linux.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda3 - linux-2.0|bootl linux.pal vml20.gz root=/dev/sda3 - -In this case, to boot linux-2.2, type - - apb> boot linux-2.2 - -which is equivalent to - - apb> bootl linux.pal vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda3 - -If the AUTO_BOOT environment variable is set TRUE, then the default -configuration will be booted after 10 seconds, unless a key is -pressed. - -+ Boot devices - -APB can boot from any filesystem supported by AlphaBIOS. At present -these are limited to FAT, NTFS and ISO 9660 (CD-ROM). - -+ Booting from a network device - -Not yet implemented. - - -2. Building APB - -APB is an AlphaBIOS/ARC application. Currently it must be built on an -Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Alpha processor system, with Microsoft Visual -C++ 5.0 (or higher), the Microsoft Software Development Kit (SDK) and -Device Driver Development Kit (DDK) for NT 4.0, and Compaq ARC -Application Development Kit (ADK) 1.3. - -Optionally, APB can be linked against zlib (a free compression -library) to support reading compressed kernel and PALcode images. - -To build, open a command window, set up the environment: - - VC++ (e.g "C:Program Files\DevStudio\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat") - DDK (e.g. "C:\DDK\bin\setenv.bat C:\DDK") - ADK (e.g. "set ADK=C:\adkv13\adk") - -and then and make using nmake. For example: - - C:\apb-1.0> nmake - -where the DDK has been installed on the C: drive. - -If building with compressed file support, obtain and unpack zlib -(http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/), set the variable ZLIB to -the zlib directory, and then make. For example - - C:\apb-1.0> set ZLIB=C:\zlib-1.1.3 - C:\apb-1.0> nmake - -In either case, the executable is placed in the "obj\alpha" -subdirectory. - - -3. What APB does - -Booting Linux with APB involves the following steps: - - AlphaBIOS loads and transfers control to APB. - - APB is called with an argument specifying the device (as known to - AlphaBIOS) from which to read the Linux kernel, and additional - arguments to be passed on to the kernel. - - APB sets up the environment for Linux, including loading and - switching to the correct PAL code, setting up the HWRPB, copying - kernel arguments to the right location in memory etc. - - APB reads the Linux kernel image into memory from the specified - device (raw disk initially, and eventually filesystems or network - devices via bootp) and transfers control. - - -4. Modifying APB - -APB has been written with the aim of maintaining platform independence -across all AlphaBIOS (and ARC) systems. Furthermore, all dependence -on the ARC API has been isolated in the file "arc.c", so that porting -to another firmware environment should not be too difficult as long as -it provides a sufficiently complete API. - -Additional user commands can be incorporated through the command -dispatch table in "cmd.c". - |