Le dim 29/12/2002 � 22:07, Adam DiCarlo a �crit : > nb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install > > debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing to do that and > > it's really time to update documentation. > > Can you identify for us exactly what sections in the latest install > manual are wrong, and which information is completely missing?
This is missing : 1/ different boot methods are not listed (PXE, etherboot/netboot, MBA) - I haven't tried PXE. I will in on month (I've bought an openbrick) - I haven't tried MBA. I don't even know what it is - I have tried etherboot. I didn't know before they where so many methods 2/ about etherboot method. - one needs first to install mknbi - second to download root.bin _and_ tftpboot.img - and then use mknbi to add root.bin to tftpboot.img - after that tftpboot.img is loadable and usable from a client x86 client. > > I need more help because I don't have an x86 box I can do netbooting > with. > > Is this bug completely just a documentation issue? If so, we should > reassign this as an 'install-doc' bug. Yes it's only a documentation issue. If you don't know how it works you can spend much time (24 hours for me and I have many years experience) or even think it's impossible. > > > I've spent 24 hours to do > > that and sentences like "NOT YET WRITTEN" are not acceptable today. > > For you to tell us something isn't "acceptable" isn't helpful. We are > unpaid volunteers -- saying this sort of stuff just annoys us. Try to > stay constructive. Providing patches or suggested bits of text is > constructive. The sentence "NOT YET WRITTEN" was in the documentation. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-install-tftp chapter 4.5.5. All what aws written about the ip address and the architecture is completely wrong (I'm talking about x86 plateforme). I have used the following command to build the loadable and executable image : mknbi-linux mknbi-linux --ip=10.1.1.10:10.1.1.1:10.1.1.2:255.255.255.0:10.1.1.10 tftpboot.img root.bin > tftpboot.img in the /tftpboot directory. It's like a miracle I was using before : mknbi-linux --ip=10.1.1.10:10.1.1.1:10.1.1.2:255.255.255.0:10.1.1.10 tftpboot.img > tftpboot.img the only one difference is in "root.bin" which I have downloaded from ide-pci 1.44Mb (I don't remember exactly the url). I have to add that : a/ I have tried this with etherboot only (I have a 3com 3C905B TX) b/ I will try PXE method in nearly one month and than tell you how it works c/ I have heard about MBA method but don't know anything else about it. d/ I didn't try from a sparc (I have a ss10). I'll do that. I'm very sorry for my poor english. I you want more informations please let me know. -- nb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
