OpenGrok

prep revision 1.5  $NetBSD: prep,v 1.5 2010/06/09 21:49:41 wiz Exp $
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To install
.Nx \*V
on your 824x based NAS system you need to get access to its serial console.
This requires to open the case, locate the serial header on the main board
and attach a (usually
.Tn "MAX232"
based) RS/232 cable to it, which you will
connect to a terminal.
The detailed procedure to build such a cable for your NAS system is not
part of this documentation.
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.Ss2 netboot
The
a netboot.bin
binary loads a
.Nx
kernel from the root partition of a local disk or from NFS.
This file should be made available by one of the following methods
(depending on the firmware):
.(bullet -compact
TFTP server
t Serial line upload
t Flash ROM
.bullet)
p
In most cases the Flash ROM of your NAS will contain
.Tn "PPCBoot"
or
.Tn "U-Boot"
as firmware. You have to find a way to get access to its command line.
When auto-booting is enabled this will usually require to press a key
quickly after the system is switched on.
Then load the
a netboot.bin
file into memory at
a 0x1000000
and start it with
p
.Dl > Ic "go 0x1000000"
p