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diff --git a/en/boot-installer/arm.xml b/en/boot-installer/arm.xml index 095638a47..dd3a1515b 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/arm.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/arm.xml @@ -126,6 +126,39 @@ bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r}:${filesize} ${fdt_addr_r} kernel without device-tree, simply omit the ${fdt_addr_r} parameter. </para> </sect3> + + <sect3 arch="armhf" id="boot-armhf-netboot.tar.gz"> + <title>Pre-built netboot tarball</title> + <para> + &debian; provides a pre-built tarball (&armmp-netboot-tarball;) + that can simply be unpacked on your tftp server and contains + all files necessary for netbooting. It also includes a boot + script that automates all steps to load the installer. Modern + u-boot versions contain a tftp autoboot feature that becomes + active if there is no bootable local storage device (MMC/SD, + USB, IDE/SATA/SCSI) and then loads this boot script from the + tftp server. Prerequisite for using this feature is that you + have a dhcp server in your network which provides the client + with the address of the tftp server. + </para> + <para> + If you would like to trigger the tftp autoboot feature from the + u-boot commandline, you can use the follwing command: + <informalexample><screen>run bootcmd_dhcp</screen></informalexample> + </para> + <para> + To manually load the bootscript provided by the tarball, you can + alternatively issue the following commands at the u-boot prompt: + +<informalexample><screen> +setenv autoload no +dhcp +tftpboot ${scriptaddr} /debian-installer/armhf/tftpboot.scr +source ${scriptaddr} +</screen></informalexample> + + </para> + </sect3> </sect2> |