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From 3db2aa0adc7c356df7baff39b53212c735fff042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:22:23 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH 068/482] * docs/grub.texi (Network): Update
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instructions on generating netboot image.
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---
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ChangeLog | 5 +++++
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docs/grub.texi | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
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2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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index 8d7d988..04ffaec 100644
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--- a/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
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2012-12-10 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
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+ * docs/grub.texi (Network): Update instructions on generating netboot
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+ image.
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+
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+2012-12-10 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
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+
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* grub-core/disk/cryptodisk.c (grub_cmd_cryptomount): Strip brackets
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around device name if necessarry.
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diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
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index b0e7f59..39d9614 100644
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--- a/docs/grub.texi
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+++ b/docs/grub.texi
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@@ -2080,34 +2080,35 @@ The following properties are supported by all components:
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@node Network
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@chapter Booting GRUB from the network
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-The following instructions only work on PC BIOS systems where the Preboot
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-eXecution Environment (PXE) is available.
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+The following instructions don't work for *-emu, i386-qemu, i386-coreboot,
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+i386-multiboot, mips_loongson, mips-arc and mips_qemu_mips
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-To generate a PXE boot image, run:
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+To generate a netbootable directory, run:
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@example
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@group
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-grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc-pxe --output=grub.pxe --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
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+grub-mknetdir --net-directory=/srv/tftp --subdir=/boot/grub -d /usr/lib/grub/<platform>
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@end group
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@end example
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-Copy @file{grub.pxe}, @file{/boot/grub/*.mod}, and @file{/boot/grub/*.lst}
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-to the PXE (TFTP) server, ensuring that @file{*.mod} and @file{*.lst} are
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-accessible via the @file{/boot/grub/} path from the TFTP server root. Set
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-the DHCP server configuration to offer @file{grub.pxe} as the boot file (the
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-@samp{filename} option in ISC dhcpd).
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+E.g. for i386-pc:
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-You can also use the @command{grub-mknetdir} utility to generate an image
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-and a GRUB directory tree, rather than copying files around manually.
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+@example
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+@group
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+grub-mknetdir --net-directory=/srv/tftp --subdir=/boot/grub -d /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc
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+@end group
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+@end example
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+
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+Then follow instructions printed out by grub-mknetdir on configuring your DHCP
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+server.
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After GRUB has started, files on the TFTP server will be accessible via the
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-@samp{(pxe)} device.
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+@samp{(tftp)} device.
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-The server and gateway IP address can be controlled by changing the
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-@samp{(pxe)} device name to @samp{(pxe:@var{server-ip})} or
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-@samp{(pxe:@var{server-ip}:@var{gateway-ip})}. Note that this should be
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-changed both in the prefix and in any references to the device name in the
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-configuration file.
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+The server IP address can be controlled by changing the
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+@samp{(tftp)} device name to @samp{(tftp,@var{server-ip})}. Note that
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+this should be changed both in the prefix and in any references to the
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+device name in the configuration file.
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GRUB provides several environment variables which may be used to inspect or
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change the behaviour of the PXE device:
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--
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1.8.2.1
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