Re: UEFI HTTP boot (was: Re: F38 proposal: Unified Kernel Support Phase 1 (System-Wide Change proposal))
On Monday, 02 January 2023 at 17:25, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 04:06:29PM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski > wrote: > > On Monday, 02 January 2023 at 15:42, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > [...] > > > Note that uefi http boot can also work with iso images, i.e. you can > > > have the dhcp server hand out URLs to the fedora netboot iso. The > > > firmware will fetch the iso, create a ramdisk, add a acpi table for > > > it so the OS finds it too, then go boot as it would be a physical > > > cdrom all the way up to anaconda. > > > > That sounds very interesting. Could you describe how to set this up > > and/or provide some links to documentation? > > On uefi http boot: > > https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/uefi-http-boot-libvirt > > To boot iso images you essentially have to just replace > http://server/path/binary.efi with > http://server/path/netboot.iso Thanks a lot! I'll dig into this when I get a chance. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: UEFI HTTP boot (was: Re: F38 proposal: Unified Kernel Support Phase 1 (System-Wide Change proposal))
On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 04:06:29PM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > On Monday, 02 January 2023 at 15:42, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > [...] > > Note that uefi http boot can also work with iso images, i.e. you can > > have the dhcp server hand out URLs to the fedora netboot iso. The > > firmware will fetch the iso, create a ramdisk, add a acpi table for > > it so the OS finds it too, then go boot as it would be a physical > > cdrom all the way up to anaconda. > > That sounds very interesting. Could you describe how to set this up > and/or provide some links to documentation? On uefi http boot: https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/uefi-http-boot-libvirt To boot iso images you essentially have to just replace http://server/path/binary.efi with http://server/path/netboot.iso HTH & take care, Gerd ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
UEFI HTTP boot (was: Re: F38 proposal: Unified Kernel Support Phase 1 (System-Wide Change proposal))
On Monday, 02 January 2023 at 15:42, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: [...] > Note that uefi http boot can also work with iso images, i.e. you can > have the dhcp server hand out URLs to the fedora netboot iso. The > firmware will fetch the iso, create a ramdisk, add a acpi table for > it so the OS finds it too, then go boot as it would be a physical > cdrom all the way up to anaconda. That sounds very interesting. Could you describe how to set this up and/or provide some links to documentation? Regards, -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
