Bug#907837: Please give more hints for net booting from UEFI
Control: tags -1 + pending
Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Vincent McIntyre <vincent.mcintyre@csiro.au> wrote:
> > Not quite sure about the wording, but a first try:
> >
> > diff --git a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml
> > index 868c70155..7236fa836 100644
> > --- a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml
> > +++ b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml
> > @@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ For PXE booting, everything you should need is set up in the
> > <filename>netboot/netboot.tar.gz</filename> tarball. Simply extract this
> > tarball into the <command>tftpd</command> boot image directory. Make sure
> > your dhcp server is configured to pass <filename>pxelinux.0</filename>
> > -to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot.
> > +to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot. For UEFI machines,
> > +you will need to pass an appropriate EFI boot image name (such as
> > +<filename>/debian-installer/amd64/bootnetx64.efi</filename>).
> > +
> >
> > </para><para arch="ia64">
> >
> > diff --git a/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml b/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml
> > index 6982c2a98..97a9ab878 100644
> > --- a/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml
> > +++ b/en/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml
> > @@ -90,5 +90,22 @@ is a boot loader, not a kernel image (see <xref linkend="tftp-images"/>
> > below).
> >
> > </para>
> > +
> > +<para>
> > +If your machine uses UEFI to boot, you will have to specify a boot loader
> > +appropriate for UEFI machines, for example
> > +
> > +<informalexample><screen>
> > +group {
> > + next-server 192.168.1.3;
> > + host tftpclient {
> > +# tftp client hardware address
> > + hardware ethernet 00:10:DC:27:6C:15;
> > + filename "debian-installer/amd64/bootnetx64.efi";
> > + }
> > +}
> > +</screen></informalexample>
> > +</para>
> > +
> > </sect3>
> > </sect2>
>
> If there are no objections, I will commit this shortly.
Just committed to GIT.
Tagging this bug as pending.
Holger
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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