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author | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2022-05-31 09:59:33 +0000 |
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committer | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2022-05-31 09:59:57 +0000 |
commit | 9ff36293d1e428cd7bf03e8d4b03611b6d361c28 (patch) | |
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parent | 1c4fcd0d4b0541e674ee56ace1053e23e562cc80 (diff) | |
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Last good Nixpkgs for Weston+nouveau? archive
I came this commit hash to terwiz[m] on IRC, who is trying to figure out what the last version of Spectrum that worked on their NUC with Nvidia graphics is.
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-pxe.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-pxe.section.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..94172de65ea --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-pxe.section.xml @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-booting-from-pxe"> + <title>Booting from the <quote>netboot</quote> media (PXE)</title> + <para> + Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or + iPXE setup. + </para> + <para> + These instructions assume that you have an existing PXE or iPXE + infrastructure and simply want to add the NixOS installer as another + option. To build the necessary files from your current version of + nixpkgs, you can run: + </para> + <programlisting> +nix-build -A netboot.x86_64-linux '<nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix>' +</programlisting> + <para> + This will create a <literal>result</literal> directory containing: * + <literal>bzImage</literal> – the Linux kernel * + <literal>initrd</literal> – the initrd file * + <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> – an example ipxe script + demonstrating the appropriate kernel command line arguments for this + image + </para> + <para> + If you’re using plain PXE, configure your boot loader to use the + <literal>bzImage</literal> and <literal>initrd</literal> files and + have it provide the same kernel command line arguments found in + <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal>. + </para> + <para> + If you’re using iPXE, depending on how your HTTP/FTP/etc. server is + configured you may be able to use <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> + unmodified, or you may need to update the paths to the files to + match your server’s directory layout. + </para> + <para> + In the future we may begin making these files available as build + products from hydra at which point we will update this documentation + with instructions on how to obtain them either for placing on a + dedicated TFTP server or to boot them directly over the internet. + </para> +</section> |