From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- eu/boot-installer/ia64.xml | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+) create mode 100644 eu/boot-installer/ia64.xml (limited to 'eu/boot-installer/ia64.xml') diff --git a/eu/boot-installer/ia64.xml b/eu/boot-installer/ia64.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c6459479 --- /dev/null +++ b/eu/boot-installer/ia64.xml @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ + + + + Booting from a CD-ROM + +&boot-installer-intro-cd.xml; + + Not yet written. + + + + Booting with TFTP + +&boot-installer-intro-net.xml; + + + +Network booting an ia64 system requires two architecture-specific actions. +On the boot server, DHCP and TFTP must be configured to deliver +elilo. +On the client a new boot option must be defined in the EFI boot manager +to enable loading over a network. + + + + + Configuring the Server + + +A suitable TFTP entry for network booting an ia64 system looks something +like this: + + + +host mcmuffin { + hardware ethernet 00:30:6e:1e:0e:83; + fixed-address 10.0.0.21; + filename "elilo.efi"; +} + + + +Note that the goal is to get elilo.efi running on +the client. + + + +Create an ia64/ subdirectory in your tftpboot +directory, and populate it with the vmlinuz and +initrd.gz files from the Debian installer netboot +directory. + + + +Copy elilo.efi to your tftpboot directory and +make it world readable. This file can usually be found in the elilo +package in IA64 distributions, or in +/usr/lib/elilo or in a subdirectory of +/boot/efi. A suitable copy is provided in the +Debian installer netboot directory. + + + +Create an elilo.conf file in your tftpboot +directory. This will +be loaded by elilo.efi once it is running on the +client, and controls what +happens next, including the choice of kernel, initrd image, etc. An +example file is provided in the Debian installer netboot directory, review +the contents and update as needed for your choice of paths, etc. + +It is possible to have different config files for different clients by naming +them using the client's IP address in hex with the suffix +.conf instead of elilo.conf. +See documentation provided in the elilo package +for details. + + + + + + Configuring the Client + + +To configure the client to support TFTP booting, start by booting to +EFI and entering the Boot Option Maintenance Menu. + + + + +Add a boot option. + + + + +Select the line saying Load File +[Acpi()/.../Mac()] and press &enterkey;. + + + + +Name the entry Netboot or something similar, +save, and exit back to the boot options menu. + + + + +You should see the new boot option you just created, and selecting it +should initiate a DHCP query, leading to a TFTP load of +elilo.efi from the server. + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3