Network Boot - Motorola MVME162P2 Series Installation And Use Manual

For complete details on using the ROMboot function, refer to the
Debugging Package for Motorola 68K CISC CPUs User's Manual.

Network Boot

Network Auto Boot is a software routine in the 162Bug Flash/EPROM
which provides a mechanism for booting an operating system using a
network (local Ethernet interface) as the boot device. The Network Auto
Boot routine automatically scans for controllers and devices in a specified
sequence until a valid bootable device containing boot media is found or
until the list is exhausted. If a valid bootable device is found, a boot from
that device is started. The controller scanning sequence goes from the
lowest controller Logical Unit Number (LUN) detected to the highest LUN
detected. (Refer to Appendix C for default LUNs.)
At power-up, Network Boot is enabled and (provided that the drive and
controller numbers encountered are valid) the following message is
displayed upon the system console:
Network Boot in progress... To abort hit <BREAK>
After this message, there is a delay to let you abort the Auto Boot process
if you wish. Then the actual I/O is begun: the program designated within
the volume ID of the media specified is loaded into RAM and control
passes to it. If you want to gain control without Network Boot during this
time, however, you can press the <BREAK> key or use the software
ABORT
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Your routine is located within the MVME162P2 Flash/PROM
memory map (but the ENV command can change this to any other
portion of the onboard memory, or even offboard VMEbus
memory).
The ASCII string "BOOT" is found in the specified memory range.
Your routine passes a checksum test, which ensures that this routine
was really intended to receive control at powerup.
or switches.
RESET
Bringing up the Board
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