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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-pxe.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-pxe.section.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 94172de65ea06..0000000000000 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-pxe.section.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 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 your current version of - nixpkgs, you can run: - </para> - <programlisting> -nix-build -A netboot.x86_64-linux '<nixpkgs/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> |