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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.section.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4fbd6525f8c --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-pxe.section.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Booting from the "netboot" media (PXE) {#sec-booting-from-pxe} + +Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or iPXE +setup. + +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: + +```ShellSession +nix-build -A netboot.x86_64-linux '<nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix>' +``` + +This will create a `result` directory containing: \* `bzImage` -- the +Linux kernel \* `initrd` -- the initrd file \* `netboot.ipxe` -- an +example ipxe script demonstrating the appropriate kernel command line +arguments for this image + +If you're using plain PXE, configure your boot loader to use the +`bzImage` and `initrd` files and have it provide the same kernel command +line arguments found in `netboot.ipxe`. + +If you're using iPXE, depending on how your HTTP/FTP/etc. server is +configured you may be able to use `netboot.ipxe` unmodified, or you may +need to update the paths to the files to match your server's directory +layout. + +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. |