Hello, I'm trying to modify the d-i a bit and my idea is to store netboot files under a tftp root under a different directory than the official d-i (debian-installer). I want to choose from a menu during PXE and have ability to boot e.g. official d-i, modified d-i, debian-live, and other things. String `debian-installer' is harcoded on several places unfortunately.
My modifications are attached. I simply add variable NETBOOT_DI_DIR with the string `debian-installer'. Only things needed to build modified installer is to change value to e.g. `debian-installer-my'. This installer can be arranged to tftp directory besides `debian-installer' and other staff... Other problem is with pxelinux itself. I'm using menu.c32 (pxelinux module) to use a submenus and in this menu mode are screens f1,f2... not displayed. Hmm, maybe this is for differend thread. I will post this as a separate message. Thanks for any reactions Regards -- Vaclav Ovsik
--- debian-installer-20070308.orig/build/config/x86.cfg +++ debian-installer-20070308/build/config/x86.cfg @@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ DEBIAN_VERSION "$(DEBIAN_VERSION)" \ BUILD_DATE "$(BUILD_DATE)" \ SYSDIR "$(BOOT_SCREEN_DIR)" \ - KERNEL debian-installer/$(ARCH)/linux \ - INITRD debian-installer/$(ARCH)/initrd.gz \ + KERNEL $(NETBOOT_PATH)/linux \ + INITRD $(NETBOOT_PATH)/initrd.gz \ VIDEO_MODE $(VIDEO_MODE) \ > $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)/$(NETBOOT_PATH)/pxelinux.cfg/default @@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ DEBIAN_VERSION "$(DEBIAN_VERSION)" \ BUILD_DATE "$(BUILD_DATE)" \ SYSDIR "$(BOOT_SCREEN_DIR)" \ - KERNEL debian-installer/$(ARCH)/linux \ - INITRD debian-installer/$(ARCH)/initrd.gz \ + KERNEL $(NETBOOT_PATH)/linux \ + INITRD $(NETBOOT_PATH)/initrd.gz \ CONSOLE "console=ttyS0,9600n8" SYSLINUX_SERIAL \ "SERIAL 0 9600 0" \ VIDEO_MODE $(VIDEO_MODE) \ --- debian-installer-20070308.orig/build/config/dir +++ debian-installer-20070308/build/config/dir @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ # isolated into their own directory so the tftp server can be used for # other purposes too. Anything outside this directory should be a symlink # to a file in it. -NETBOOT_PATH = debian-installer/$(ARCH) +NETBOOT_DI_DIR = debian-installer +NETBOOT_PATH = $(NETBOOT_DI_DIR)/$(ARCH) # The files we may want to have in dest/ INITRD = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)initrd.gz @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ EXTRA = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME).img$(GZIPPED) MINIISO = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)mini.iso DEBIAN_CD_INFO = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)debian-cd_info.tar.gz -NETBOOT_DIR = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)debian-installer +NETBOOT_DIR = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)$(NETBOOT_DI_DIR) NETBOOT_TAR = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)netboot.tar.gz RAMDISK = $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)ramdisk.gz MISC = $(foreach name,$(MISCNAME),$(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)$(name)) --- debian-installer-20070308.orig/build/Makefile +++ debian-installer-20070308/build/Makefile @@ -639,9 +639,9 @@ # a directory full of files for netbooting $(NETBOOT_DIR): $(NETBOOT_DIR_TARGETS) $(TEMP_BOOT_SCREENS) $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR) - rm -rf $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/debian-installer - mkdir -p $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/debian-installer - cp -a $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)/debian-installer/* $@ + rm -rf $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/$(NETBOOT_DI_DIR) + mkdir -p $(SOME_DEST)/$(EXTRANAME)/$(NETBOOT_DI_DIR) + cp -a $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)/$(NETBOOT_DI_DIR)/* $@ $(foreach link,$(NETBOOT_DIR_LINKS), \ rm -f $@/../$(link); \ cp -a $(TEMP_NETBOOT_DIR)/$(link) $@/..; \
