<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >CompaqT1500-Linux HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="About this guide" HREF="about.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >CompaqT1500-Linux HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Thomas Chiverton</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" >falken@bigfoot.com</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2007-9-1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Correct XF86Config URL, spellings</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.03</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2006-1-13</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Note about root-path option and refusing DHCP OFFER, notes on booting own kernel !</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2005-4-22</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >URL change, tweaks, solution to NFS null !</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-3-17</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: gea</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Conversion to Docbook format</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-03-11</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >LDP release</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.85</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-12-13</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Security hints. XFree.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.8</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-12-13</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Kernel transfer problem fix (NFS null). General tidy.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.7</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-09-11</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Much FLASHing and mounting notes added</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.61</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-08-20</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Tweak debian unpack notes. Add URL. Notes on re-FLASH</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-07-28</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Add example syslog output. Add in securetty changes</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-07-28</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tjc</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release for feedback, comments from community</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN65" ></A ><P ><B >Abstract</B ></P ><P > Lists the procedures and tools needed to boot the Compaq T1500, using a Netboot of both the native file system and a generic Linux installation. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="about.html" >About this guide</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="about.html#AEN70" >Purpose and scope</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="about.html#AEN73" >Latest update</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="about.html#AEN77" >Feedback</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="x80.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="compaq.html" >The Compaq way</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="debian.html" >The one true way</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="x131.html" >Editing FLASH image and other tools</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="x131.html#AEN133" >Editing Flash image</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="x131.html#AEN142" >Mounting FLASH</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="x146.html" >XFree86</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="x153.html" >Trouble Shooting</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="x153.html#AEN166" >Intermittent kernel transfer problems (NFS null)</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="x153.html#AEN173" >T1500 ignores DHCP OFFER and just asks again</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="x176.html" >Pending projects</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="x183.html" >Contributors and thanks</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="about.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >About this guide</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >