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| author | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2018-11-07 19:28:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2018-11-07 19:28:18 +0100 |
| commit | 04a9017acea3efbf3babdf2169580f1b21dea911 (patch) | |
| tree | 399a8a46d6ca2a312d55b5c770d02f902d2aecc1 /en | |
| parent | dc3cf862904cd2d7713cd465bab5a213155f5a39 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-04a9017acea3efbf3babdf2169580f1b21dea911.zip | |
installation-guide: Add additional info for net booting on UEFI machines
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml | 16 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml index 868c70155..3094cf769 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ For PXE booting, everything you should need is set up in the tarball into the <command>tftpd</command> boot image directory. Make sure your dhcp server is configured to pass <filename>pxelinux.0</filename> to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot. +For UEFI machines, you will need to pass an appropriate EFI boot image name +(such as <filename>/debian-installer/amd64/bootnetx64.efi</filename>). </para><para arch="ia64"> diff --git a/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml b/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml index 6982c2a98..87e4776f7 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml @@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ Note that for PXE booting, the client filename <filename>pxelinux.0</filename> is a boot loader, not a kernel image (see <xref linkend="tftp-images"/> below). +<para> +If your machine uses UEFI to boot, you will have to specify a boot loader +appropriate for UEFI machines, for example + +<informalexample><screen> +group { + next-server 192.168.1.3; + host tftpclient { +# tftp client hardware address + hardware ethernet 00:10:DC:27:6C:15; + filename "debian-installer/amd64/bootnetx64.efi"; + } +} +</screen></informalexample> +</para> + </para> </sect3> </sect2> |