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diff --git a/contrib/mkQNXnbi/README b/contrib/mkQNXnbi/README deleted file mode 100644 index 1522df313..000000000 --- a/contrib/mkQNXnbi/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -mkQNXnbi is a quick hack to generate tagged images from QNX boot images. - -To boot a QNX client with Etherboot you have to consider the following: -1. You MUST have another QNX box running in the network to provide the - root filesystem and the license info to the client. QNX cannot use - e.g. NFS for its root filesystem, as it needs to load a valid license - from a file on the root fs before being able to start TCP/IP. This - would lead to a chicken-and-egg problem. -2. The Net task normally determines the size of its internal tables from - the actual number of licensed nodes. Since this information is not - available at boot time when booting from the network, you will have - to set the max. number of nodes as well as a valid netmap entry for - the node providing the root filesystem as an option to Net in the - build file. - See examples/ws.etherboot and fill in the <blanks>. -3. The client does not need a TCP/IP license in order to boot. -4. You can use the boot-server OS of your choice. If you choose to use - QNX as boot server, the server of course needs a TCP/IP run-time - license. In this case you have the option of creating the boot image - on-the-fly and use the macro $(netmap) instead of a hard-coded MAC - address. - See examples/ws.etherboot.on-the-fly and fill in the <blanks>. - A template bootptab for the QNX bootp server is placed in the - examples directory. -5. mkQNXnbi expects the QNX image to be supplied on stdin and generates - the tagged image to stdout. This can be overridden on the command line - using the options -i <input-file> and -o <output-file>. - -mkQNXnbi can be compiled using e.g. Linux/gcc or on QNX using Watcom C -(or gcc, if you have it - see http://w3c.teaser.fr/~jcmichot/) - -Bug-reports to <al@alarsen.net> - -2002-01-25 -Anders Larsen -<al@alarsen.net> |