[install-guide/F21-rewrite] Grab the syslinux binaries for BIOS clients, and grub+shim for UEFI
commit dd10c9502bc5471a97e82d1b4c626a2fd30432d8 Author: Pete Travis immanetize@fedoraproject.org Date: Sat Sep 6 16:22:30 2014 -0600
Grab the syslinux binaries for BIOS clients, and grub+shim for UEFI
en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml | 143 +++++++++++++------------------- 1 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) --- diff --git a/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml b/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml index 21a7ee6..708d528 100644 --- a/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml +++ b/en-US/Network_based_Installations.xml @@ -151,44 +151,64 @@ </step> </procedure> </section> - - <step> - <para> - Configure your <systemitem class="protocol">DHCP</systemitem> server to use the boot images packaged with SYSLINUX. If you do not have a DHCP server installed, see the <citetitle>&PRODUCT; Networking Guide</citetitle>, available at the <ulink url="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/">Fedora Documentation website</ulink>, for instructions. - </para> - </step> - <step> - <para> - You now need the <filename>pxelinux.0</filename> file from the SYSLINUX package in the ISO image file. To access it, run the following commands as root: - </para> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>mount -t iso9660 /<replaceable>path_to_image/name_of_image</replaceable>.iso /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable> -o loop,ro</command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>cp -pr /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable>/Packages/syslinux-<replaceable>version-architecture</replaceable>.rpm /<replaceable>publicly_available_directory</replaceable></command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>umount /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable></command> - </screen> - <para> - Extract the package: - </para> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>rpm2cpio syslinux-<replaceable>version-architecture</replaceable>.rpm | cpio -dimv</command> - </screen> - </step> - <step> - <para> - Create a <filename>pxelinux/</filename> directory within <filename>tftpboot/</filename> and copy the <filename>pxelinux.0</filename> file into it: - </para> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux</command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>cp <replaceable>publicly_available_directory</replaceable>/usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux</command> - </screen> - </step> - <step> + <section id="pxe-bootloader"> + <title>Providing and configuring bootloaders for PXE clients</title> + <procedure> + <title>Getting the bootloader files</title> + <step> + <para> + Get the <package>syslinux</package> bootloader for BIOS clients. + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + Install the <package>syslinux</package> package. + </para> + <screen> + <command>yum install syslinux</command> + </screen> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Create a directory for the bootloader files, and make them available there. + </para> + <screen> + <command>mkdir -p <filename class="directory">/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux</filename></command> + <command>cp <filename>/usr/share/syslinux/{pxelinux.0,vesamenu.c32}</filename> <filename class="directory">/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux/</filename></command> + </screen> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para>Get the bootloader files for UEFI systems</para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + Install the <package>shim</package> and <package>grub2-efi</package> packages. If your server is a BIOS system, you <emphasis>must install the packages to a temporary install root</emphasis>. Installing them directly on a BIOS machine will attempt to configure the system for UEFI booting and cause problems. + </para> + <screen> + <command>yum install shim grub2-efi --installroot=/tmp/fedora --releasever &PRODVER;</command> + </screen> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Create a directory for the bootloader files, and make them available there. + </para> + <screen> + <command>mkdir -p <filename class="directory" >/var/lib/tftpboot/uefi</filename></command> + <command>cp <filename>/tmp/fedora/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/{shim.efi,grubx64.efi}</filename> <filename>/var/lib/tftpboot/uefi/</filename></command> + </screen> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + </procedure> + + + + + + + <step> <para> Add a configuration file to the <filename class="directory">pxelinux/</filename> directory. The file name should either be <literal>default</literal>, or based on the system's IP address. For example, if your machine's IP address is 10.0.0.1, the file name will be <filename>0A000001</filename>. </para> @@ -239,54 +259,7 @@ label local </para> </section>
- <section id="sect-network-boot-setup-uefi"> - <title>Configuring a PXE Server for UEFI-based Clients</title> - <para> - The following procedure will prepare the PXE server for booting UEFI-based AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. For information on BIOS-based systems, see <xref linkend="sect-network-boot-setup-bios" />. - </para> - <procedure> - <title>Configuring PXE Boot for UEFI-based Systems</title> <step> - <para> - You now need the <filename>shim.efi</filename> file from the <package>shim</package> package and the <filename>grubx64.efi</filename> file from the <package>grub2-efi</package> package in the ISO image file. To access them, run the following commands as root: - </para> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>mount -t iso9660 /<replaceable>path_to_image/name_of_image</replaceable>.iso /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable> -o loop,ro</command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>cp -pr /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable>/Packages/shim-<replaceable>version-architecture</replaceable>.rpm /<replaceable>publicly_available_directory</replaceable></command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>cp -pr /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable>/Packages/grub2-efi-<replaceable>version-architecture</replaceable>.rpm /<replaceable>publicly_available_directory</replaceable></command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>umount /<replaceable>mount_point</replaceable></command> - </screen> - <para> - Extract the packages: - </para> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>rpm2cpio shim-<replaceable>version-architecture</replaceable>.rpm | cpio -dimv</command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>rpm2cpio grub2-efi-<replaceable>version-architecture</replaceable>.rpm | cpio -dimv</command> - </screen> - </step> - <step> - <para> - Create a directory within the <filename class="directory">tftpboot/</filename> directory named <filename class="directory">uefi/</filename> for the EFI boot images, and then copy them from your boot directory: - </para> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot/uefi</command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>cp <replaceable>publicly_available_directory</replaceable>/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/shim.efi /var/lib/tftpboot/uefi/</command> - </screen> - <screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <command>cp <replaceable>publicly_available_directory</replaceable>/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grubx64.efi /var/lib/tftpboot/uefi/</command> - </screen> - </step> - <step> <para> Add a configuration file named <filename>grub.cfg</filename> to the <filename class="directory">uefi/</filename> directory. A sample configuration file at <filename>/var/lib/tftpboot/uefi/grub.cfg</filename> might look like: </para>
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