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nightmorph 06/11/17 07:45:55 |
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Modified: altinstall.xml |
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Log: |
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updated altinstall guide for the grub netboot USE flag, bug 141290 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.68 xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml?rev=1.68&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml?rev=1.68&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml?r1=1.67&r2=1.68 |
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Index: altinstall.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.67 |
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retrieving revision 1.68 |
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diff -u -r1.67 -r1.68 |
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--- altinstall.xml 17 Sep 2006 09:41:30 -0000 1.67 |
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+++ altinstall.xml 17 Nov 2006 07:45:55 -0000 1.68 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml,v 1.67 2006/09/17 09:41:30 neysx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/altinstall.xml,v 1.68 2006/11/17 07:45:55 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/altinstall.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>0.69</version> |
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-<date>2006-07-21</date> |
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+<version>0.70</version> |
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+<date>2006-11-16</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>About this document</title> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Setup GRUB: To provide PXE booting I use GRUB. You have to compile it by |
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-yourself to enable the PXE image compilation ... but that's quite easy. First, |
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-get the latest version of the GRUB source code (<c>emerge -f grub</c> will |
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-place the tarball in <path>/usr/portage/distfiles</path>). Copy the tarball to |
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-<path>/diskless</path> and then build it to make the pxe capable binary. Once |
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-the binary is built, copy it to the diskless client's boot directory. Then edit |
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-it's <path>grub.lst</path> config file. |
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+Setup GRUB: To provide PXE booting I use GRUB with the <c>netboot</c> USE flag |
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+enabled. Once GRUB is compiled, copy the PXE image to the diskless client's |
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+boot directory. Then edit its <path>grub.lst</path> config file. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Grub setup"> |
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-# <i>tar zxvf grub-0.92.tar.gz</i> |
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-# <i>cd grub-0.92</i> |
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-# <i>./configure --help</i> |
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-<comment>(In the options you will see a list of supported network interface drivers. |
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- Select the driver compatible with your client's network card. Herein referenced |
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- as $nic)</comment> |
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-# <i>./configure --enable-diskless --enable-$nic</i> |
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-# <i>make</i> |
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-# <i>cd stage2</i> |
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-# <i>cp pxegrub /diskless/eta/boot/pxegrub</i> |
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+# <i>echo "sys-boot/grub netboot" >> /etc/portage/package.use"</i> |
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+# <i>emerge -av grub</i> |
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+# <i>cp /usr/lib/grub/pxegrub /diskless/eta/boot/pxegrub</i> |
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# <i>nano -w /diskless/eta/boot/grub.lst</i> |
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</pre> |
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