From 75d36d2124f2216ea0cfbdb0e19d4cb7bed8557b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Runge Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:58:57 +0200 Subject: Remove mkinitcpio-archiso files archiso/initcpio/*: Remove mkinitcpio-archiso scripts as they have been split out into a separate project. docs/README.{altbootmethods,bootparams}: Remove mkinitcpio-archiso specific documentation. --- docs/README.altbootmethods | 111 --------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 111 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/README.altbootmethods (limited to 'docs/README.altbootmethods') diff --git a/docs/README.altbootmethods b/docs/README.altbootmethods deleted file mode 100644 index 544e49b..0000000 --- a/docs/README.altbootmethods +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -INDEX ------ - -* Alternative boot methods (configs/releng) - * ISO in loopback mode - * ISO in memdisk mode - * Network booting (PXE) [first stage] - * DHCP + TFTP - * DHCP + HTTP - * HTTP/NFS/NBD [second stage] - - - -*** Alternative boot methods (configs/releng) - -ISO images names consist of: archlinux-..
-x86_64.iso - -Where: - Year - Month -
Day - - -** ISO in loopback mode. - -Note: Described method is for using with GRUB2. - GRUB2 is installed on target media and archlinux-..
-x86_64.iso - is at path on disk and partition

, - where filesystem is labeled as . - -menuentry "Arch Linux (x86_64)" { - set isofile="//archlinux-..

-x86_64.iso" - loopback loop (hd,

)$isofile - linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz img_label= img_loop=$isofile - initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img -} - - -** ISO in memdisk mode. - -Note: Described method is for using with SYSLINUX. Anyway MEMDISK from SYSLINUX can work - with other bootloaders. - SYSLINUX is installed on target media and archlinux-..

-x86_64.iso - is at path . - - -LABEL arch_x64 - LINUX memdisk - INITRD //archlinux-..
-x86_64.iso - APPEND iso - - -** Network booting (PXE). - -All ISOs are ready to act as PXE server, some manual steps are needed -to setup the desired PXE boot mode. -Alternatively it is possible to use an existing PXE server following the same logic. -Note: Setup network first, adjust IP adresses, and respect all slashes "/". - -First stage is for loading kernel and initramfs via PXE, two methods described here: - -* DHCP + TFTP - -Note: All NIC firmwares should support this. - -# dnsmasq --port=0 \ - --enable-tftp \ - --tftp-root=/run/archiso/bootmnt \ - --dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.254,86400 \ - --dhcp-boot=/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 \ - --dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/archiso.cfg \ - --dhcp-option-force=210,/arch/ - -* DHCP + HTTP - -Note: Not all NIC firmware supports HTTP and DNS (if domain name is used). - At least this works with iPXE and gPXE. - -# dnsmasq --port=0 \ - --dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.254,86400 \ - --dhcp-boot=http://192.168.0.7/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 \ - --dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/archiso.cfg \ - --dhcp-option-force=210,http://192.168.0.7/arch/ - - -Once the kernel is started from PXE, SquashFS files and other misc files -inside "arch" directory must be loaded (second stage). One of the following -methods can be used to serve the rest of live-medium. - -* HTTP - -# darkhttpd /run/archiso/bootmnt - - -* NFS - -# echo "/run/archiso/bootmnt 192.168.0.*(ro,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)" >> /etc/exports -# systemctl start nfs-server.service - - -* NBD - -Note: Adjust ARCH_201703 as needed. - -# cat << EOF > /tmp/nbd-server.conf -[generic] -[archiso] - readonly = true - exportname = /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201703 -EOF -# nbd-server -C /tmp/nbd-server.conf -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2