[install-guide] Added stage2 installation specification instructions
Jack Reed
jjr at fedoraproject.org
Thu May 3 03:00:13 UTC 2012
commit a48457170bc9323bc255878f703551618248bbe1
Author: Jack Reed <jreed at redhat.com>
Date: Thu May 3 12:22:13 2012 +1000
Added stage2 installation specification instructions
en-US/medialess.xml | 9 ++++++++-
en-US/pxe-server-config-bios.xml | 8 ++++++--
en-US/pxe-server-config-efi.xml | 2 +-
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/medialess.xml b/en-US/medialess.xml
index 25e73fe..3064019 100644
--- a/en-US/medialess.xml
+++ b/en-US/medialess.xml
@@ -82,8 +82,15 @@
linux /vmlinuz-install
initrd /initrd.img-install
}</screen>
+ <para>
+ You will also need to specify the location of the second stage installer image by adding an option to the end of the <option>linux</option> line of the boot stanza. For example:
+ </para>
+<screen>linux /vmlinuz-install stage2=http://my.internal.server/17/x86_64/os/</screen>
+ <para>
+ If the second stage image and the package repositories you will be downloading from are on the same server, use the <command>repo=</command> option instead.
+ </para>
<para>
- You may wish to add options to the end of the <option>linux</option> line of the boot stanza. These options set preliminary options in <application>Anaconda</application> which the user normally sets interactively. For a list of available installer boot options, refer to <xref linkend="ap-admin-options" />.
+ You may wish to add additional options to the end of the <option>linux</option> line, which will set preliminary options in <application>Anaconda</application> that the user normally sets interactively. For a list of available installer boot options, refer to <xref linkend="ap-admin-options" />.
</para>
<para>
The following options are generally useful for medialess installations:
diff --git a/en-US/pxe-server-config-bios.xml b/en-US/pxe-server-config-bios.xml
index 141217b..36d4ade 100644
--- a/en-US/pxe-server-config-bios.xml
+++ b/en-US/pxe-server-config-bios.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ label linux
menu label ^Install or upgrade an existing system
menu default
kernel vmlinuz
- append initrd=initrd.img
+ append initrd=initrd.img inst.repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/
label vesa
menu label Install system with ^basic video driver
kernel vmlinuz
@@ -109,8 +109,12 @@ label memtest86
kernel memtest
append -
</screen>
+
+ <para>
+ If both the stage 2 installer image and the package repositories you intend to download from are on the same server, use the <command>repo=</command> boot option. If they are on separate servers, use <command>stage2=</command> instead.
+ </para>
<para>
- For instructions on how to specify the installation source, refer to <xref linkend="s2-x86-starting-bootopts" />
+ For instructions on how to specify the installation source, refer to <xref linkend="ch-Installation_Phase_2-x86" />
</para>
</step>
diff --git a/en-US/pxe-server-config-efi.xml b/en-US/pxe-server-config-efi.xml
index 3ecb61d..fe3b643 100644
--- a/en-US/pxe-server-config-efi.xml
+++ b/en-US/pxe-server-config-efi.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ title RHEL
initrd /rawhide-x86_64/initrd.img
</screen>
<para>
- For instructions on how to specify the installation source, refer to <xref linkend="s2-x86-starting-bootopts" />
+ For instructions on how to specify the installation source, refer to <xref linkend="ch-Installation_Phase_2-x86" />
</para>
</step>
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