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diff --git a/docs/README.altbootmethods b/docs/README.altbootmethods deleted file mode 100644 index e246540..0000000 --- a/docs/README.altbootmethods +++ /dev/null @@ -1,125 +0,0 @@ -INDEX ------ - -* Alternative boot methods (configs/releng) - * ISO in loopback mode - * ISO in memdisk mode - * Network booting (PXE) [first stage] - * DHCP + TFTP - * DHCP + HTTP - * HTTP/NFS/NBD [second stage] - - - -*** Alternative boot methods (configs/releng) - -ISO images names consist of: parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso - -Where: - <YYYY> Year - <MM> Month - <DD> Day - - -** ISO in loopback mode. - -Note: Described method is for using with GRUB2. - GRUB2 is installed on target media and parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso - is at path <TARGET-PATH> on disk <D> and partition <P>, - where filesystem is labeled as <TARGET-FS-LABEL>. - -menuentry "Parabola GNU/Linux-libre (x86_64)" { - set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso" - loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile - linux (loop)/parabola/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz parabolaisolabel=<FS-LABEL> img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile - initrd (loop)/parabola/boot/x86_64/parabolaiso.img -} - -menuentry "Parabola GNU/Linux-libre (i686)" { - set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso" - loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile - linux (loop)/parabola/boot/i686/vmlinuz parabolaisolabel=<FS-LABEL> img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile - initrd (loop)/parabola/boot/i686/parabolaiso.img -} - - -** ISO in memdisk mode. - -Note: Described method is for using with SYSLINUX. Anyway MEMDISK from SYSLINUX can work - with other bootloaders. - SYSLINUX is installed on target media and parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso - is at path <TARGET-PATH>. - On 32-bit systems, is needed to pass vmalloc=nnM to the kernel, where nn is the size - of the ISO image plus 64 MiB (or 128 MiB). - - -LABEL parabola_x64 - LINUX memdisk - INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso - APPEND iso - -LABEL parabola_x32 - LINUX memdisk - INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/parabola-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-dual.iso - APPEND iso - - -** Network booting (PXE). - -All ISOs are ready to act as PXE server, some manual steps are needed -to setup the desired PXE boot mode. -Alternatively it is possible to use an existing PXE server following the same logic. -Note: Setup network first, adjust IP adresses, and respect all slashes "/". - -First stage is for loading kernel and initramfs via PXE, two methods described here: - -* DHCP + TFTP - -Note: All NIC firmwares should support this. - -# dnsmasq --port=0 \ - --enable-tftp \ - --tftp-root=/run/parabolaiso/bootmnt \ - --dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.254,86400 \ - --dhcp-boot=/parabola/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 \ - --dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/parabolaiso.cfg \ - --dhcp-option-force=210,/parabola/ - -* DHCP + HTTP - -Note: Not all NIC firmware supports HTTP and DNS (if domain name is used). - At least this works with iPXE and gPXE. - -# dnsmasq --port=0 \ - --dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.254,86400 \ - --dhcp-boot=http://192.168.0.7/parabola/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 \ - --dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/parabolaiso.cfg \ - --dhcp-option-force=210,http://192.168.0.7/parabola/ - - -Once the kernel is started from PXE, SquashFS files and other misc files -inside "parabola" directory must be loaded (second stage). One of the following -methods can be used to serve the rest of live-medium. - -* HTTP - -# darkhttpd /run/parabolaiso/bootmnt - - -* NFS - -# echo "/run/parabolaiso/bootmnt 192.168.0.*(ro,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)" >> /etc/exports -# systemctl start nfs-server.service - - -* NBD - -Note: Adjust PARA_201302 as needed. - -# cat << EOF > /tmp/nbd-server.conf -[generic] -[parabolaiso] - readonly = true - exportname = /dev/disk/by-label/PARA_201302 -EOF -# nbd-server -C /tmp/nbd-server.conf |