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author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2015-04-12 19:00:09 +0000 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2015-04-12 19:00:09 +0000 |
commit | 38c35830ad56f2a735767a6e3cc3700dcb8cec67 (patch) | |
tree | 0e4ee883d8b3035775ca0ca5dcdaa126695dc9e8 /en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml | |
parent | b9909134f56ce8c665e069dabd9aee67c9edddb2 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-38c35830ad56f2a735767a6e3cc3700dcb8cec67.zip |
Contributions gathered by Holger Wansing: Add ppc64el bits
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml b/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml index 642a8d460..5351bf9f0 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml @@ -283,3 +283,41 @@ hardware, this changes to </para> </sect2> + + <sect2 arch="ppc64el"> <title>Booting a ppc64el machine</title> +<para> + +How to boot a ppc64el machine: + +</para> + + <sect3> <title>Petitboot</title> +<para> + +Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec. +Petitboot supports loading kernel, initrd and device tree files from +any Linux mountable filesystem, plus can load files from the network +using the FTP, SFTP, TFTP, NFS, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Petitboot can +boot any operating system that includes kexec boot support. + +</para><para> + +Petitboot looks for bootloader configuration files on mountable devices +in the system, and can also be configured to use boot information from a +DHCP server. + +</para> + </sect3> + +<!-- comment this out for now, since there is no content + <sect3> <title>Boot parameters</title> +<para> + Boot parameters for ppc64el + +FIXME: add some useful content here + +</para> + </sect3> +--> + + </sect2> |