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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml index 7b7597c91626..94199e5e028d 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml @@ -3,46 +3,48 @@ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" version="5.0" xml:id="sec-booting-from-pxe"> + <title>Booting from the <quote>netboot</quote> media (PXE)</title> -<title>Booting from the <quote>netboot</quote> media (PXE)</title> -<para> - Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or - iPXE setup. -</para> -<para> + <para> + Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or iPXE setup. + </para> + + <para> These instructions assume that you have an existing PXE or iPXE - infrastructure and simply want to add the NixOS installer as another - option. To build the necessary files from a recent version of - nixpkgs, you can run: -</para> + infrastructure and simply want to add the NixOS installer as another option. + To build the necessary files from a recent version of nixpkgs, you can run: + </para> + <programlisting> nix-build -A netboot nixos/release.nix </programlisting> -<para> + + <para> This will create a <literal>result</literal> directory containing: * - <literal>bzImage</literal> – the Linux kernel * - <literal>initrd</literal> – the initrd file * - <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> – an example ipxe script - demonstrating the appropriate kernel command line arguments for this + <literal>bzImage</literal> – the Linux kernel * <literal>initrd</literal> + – the initrd file * <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> – an example ipxe + script demonstrating the appropriate kernel command line arguments for this image -</para> -<para> + </para> + + <para> If you’re using plain PXE, configure your boot loader to use the - <literal>bzImage</literal> and <literal>initrd</literal> files and - have it provide the same kernel command line arguments found in + <literal>bzImage</literal> and <literal>initrd</literal> files and have it + provide the same kernel command line arguments found in <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal>. -</para> -<para> + </para> + + <para> If you’re using iPXE, depending on how your HTTP/FTP/etc. server is - configured you may be able to use <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> - unmodified, or you may need to update the paths to the files to - match your server’s directory layout -</para> -<para> - In the future we may begin making these files available as build - products from hydra at which point we will update this documentation - with instructions on how to obtain them either for placing on a - dedicated TFTP server or to boot them directly over the internet. -</para> + configured you may be able to use <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> unmodified, + or you may need to update the paths to the files to match your server’s + directory layout + </para> + <para> + In the future we may begin making these files available as build products + from hydra at which point we will update this documentation with instructions + on how to obtain them either for placing on a dedicated TFTP server or to + boot them directly over the internet. + </para> </section> |