Le lun 30/12/2002 à 18:47, Adam DiCarlo a écrit : > > > > 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 > > Yes. This proliferation of different ways to do it is really the > reason why it's not done. > > We do need to indicate the various etherbooter methods for x86 and > help the user decide which is best for her to use. You listed > several -- is this pretty complete?
I haven't found others. > Perhaps we can just pick one method which will work in 80% of cases > and focus on documenting that, then provide links to other sites for > other methods, saying that the instructions would have to be adopted > for each. I will try PXE in nearly one month with a realtek chip. I will then give all informations about that. > Should we go with etherboot? It's the one I have used and it works. It's not dangerous at all unlike the others which _sometimes_ need the bios (PXE) or the network adapter rom (MBA) to be flashed. I have used it with floppy disk but it should work with any bootable media as well. I have tried this method with an usb pen drive but my motherboard don't want to boot on an usb device. I will try it in nearly a month on an openbrick machine : http://www.openbrick.org/ It is a floppyless machine and even diskless but it has a smart card. So the need is the same. Memory cards tend to be greater and I'm sure in the very near future they the os will completely fit on them. > > > 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. > > Yes, well, my point is that the actual instructions need to be > provided by someone who has done it. That is to say, I can't do it on > my own. But your instructions may help. I can tell you what I've done. For that I will uninstall everything concerned and redo it. But side effects risk exists. Eg a program already installed. I have to say I'm working on sid but I don't think there are differences in the way to do an installation. I'm going to do this and to telle exactly what have been done. I'll tell it in a futur mail (where to send it?) > > > > > 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). > > No problemo. This helps. > > > 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. > > No need. SPARC works as documented. OK > > I'm very sorry for my poor english. > > You're English is quite good actually. > > > I you want more informations please let me know. > > Perhaps you could review the document when we have a draft. Why not. It will be the first time for me to do something for free software. -- nb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
