[install-guide/f17] Added stage2 installation specification instructions

Jack Reed jjr at fedoraproject.org
Thu May 3 03:06:08 UTC 2012


commit 3179aedc323425408d2d42bf4ce171c3fddbad08
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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