From abc3b4edd410fc815f4280f5bfbb36b6a1019a71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:14:50 +0200 Subject: basic PXE documentation --- doc/official_installation_guide_en | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/official_installation_guide_en b/doc/official_installation_guide_en index 309c1d4..15a71d5 100644 --- a/doc/official_installation_guide_en +++ b/doc/official_installation_guide_en @@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ General installation documentation for the Arch Linux distribution. -This guide is only valid for release 2009.08 or newer. - This guide is maintained in [aif git](http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=aif.git) Patches/comments are welcome on the arch [releng mailing list](http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-releng) @@ -233,6 +231,26 @@ You will find that everything you need to perform this installation (a copy of this guide, aif README, shortcuts to common aif procedures) can be found in /arch +## Using PXE (Network booting) + +### Server + +On another machine running (Arch) Linux (live or normal), +you need to install and configure a dhcp and tftpd daemon. +Dnsmasq is a fine choice which can do both. +You also need a nbd (network block device) daemon so the client can load +the needed files. + +You can find more info on the wiki (TODO: update this) +[Community contributed documentation](http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso-as-pxe-server) + +### Client + +Configure your system to try network booting (pxe) first. +On most systems this happen by default. +You will get an IP from the server and load all needed files over the network +automatically. Once booted, you can proceed as normal. + ## Performing the installation You can either use the interactive procedure or the automatic one. See section [2.3 AIF, the installation tool](#Aif_the_installation_tool) -- cgit v1.2.3