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<sect2 arch="ia64"><title>Booting from a CD-ROM</title>
&boot-installer-intro-cd.xml;
<emphasis condition="FIXME">Not yet written.</emphasis>
</sect2>
<sect2 arch="ia64" id="boot-tftp"><title>Booting with TFTP</title>
&boot-installer-intro-net.xml;
<para>
Network booting an ia64 system requires two architecture-specific actions.
On the boot server, DHCP and TFTP must be configured to deliver
<command>elilo</command>.
On the client a new boot option must be defined in the EFI boot manager
to enable loading over a network.
</para>
<sect3 arch="ia64" id="boot-tftp-server">
<title>Configuring the Server</title>
<para>
A suitable TFTP entry for network booting an ia64 system looks something
like this:
<informalexample><screen>
host mcmuffin {
hardware ethernet 00:30:6e:1e:0e:83;
fixed-address 10.0.0.21;
filename "elilo.efi";
}
</screen></informalexample>
Note that the goal is to get <command>elilo.efi</command> running on
the client.
</para><para>
Create an <filename>ia64/</filename> subdirectory in your tftpboot
directory, and populate it with the <filename>vmlinuz</filename> and
<filename>initrd.gz</filename> files from the Debian installer netboot
directory.
</para><para>
Copy <filename>elilo.efi</filename> to your tftpboot directory and
make it world readable. This file can usually be found in the elilo
package in IA64 distributions, or in
<filename>/usr/lib/elilo</filename> or in a subdirectory of
<filename>/boot/efi</filename>. A suitable copy is provided in the
Debian installer netboot directory.
</para><para>
Create an <filename>elilo.conf</filename> file in your tftpboot
directory. This will
be loaded by <command>elilo.efi</command> 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
<filename>.conf</filename> instead of <filename>elilo.conf</filename>.
See documentation provided in the <classname>elilo</classname> package
for details.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 arch="ia64" id="boot-tftp-client">
<title>Configuring the Client</title>
<para>
To configure the client to support TFTP booting, start by booting to
EFI and entering the <guimenu>Boot Option Maintenance Menu</guimenu>.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Add a boot option.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Select the line saying <guimenuitem>Load File
[Acpi()/.../Mac()]</guimenuitem> and press &enterkey;.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Name the entry <userinput>Netboot</userinput> or something similar,
save, and exit back to the boot options menu.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
You should see the new boot option you just created, and selecting it
should initiate a DHCP query, leading to a TFTP load of
<filename>elilo.efi</filename> from the server.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
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