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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml deleted file mode 100644 index ea88fbdad7e2..000000000000 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="sec-booting-from-pxe"> - <title>Booting from the <quote>netboot</quote> media (PXE)</title> - - <para> - Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or iPXE setup. - </para> - - <para> - These instructions assume that you have an existing PXE or iPXE - infrastructure and simply want to add the NixOS installer as another option. - To build the necessary files from a recent version of nixpkgs, you can run: - </para> - -<programlisting> -nix-build -A netboot.x86_64-linux nixos/release.nix -</programlisting> - - <para> - This will create a <literal>result</literal> directory containing: * - <literal>bzImage</literal> – the Linux kernel * <literal>initrd</literal> - – the initrd file * <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> – an example ipxe - script demonstrating the appropriate kernel command line arguments for this - image - </para> - - <para> - If you’re using plain PXE, configure your boot loader to use the - <literal>bzImage</literal> and <literal>initrd</literal> files and have it - provide the same kernel command line arguments found in - <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal>. - </para> - - <para> - If you’re using iPXE, depending on how your HTTP/FTP/etc. server is - configured you may be able to use <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> unmodified, - or you may need to update the paths to the files to match your server’s - directory layout - </para> - - <para> - In the future we may begin making these files available as build products - from hydra at which point we will update this documentation with instructions - on how to obtain them either for placing on a dedicated TFTP server or to - boot them directly over the internet. - </para> -</section> |