added some bootdisk documentation

diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG b/doc/CHANGELOG
index a7fdaf915bb3965c46c200800f31cfb497f24f6d..06947a71e426af9e10dfbf240a4806d1f82a55e8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*) 2004-12-12
+
+- added some bootdisk/fai documentation
+
 *) 2004-12-08
 
 - finished minimal fai concepts

diff --git a/doc/FAI b/doc/FAI
index dbe09c24013d6d58dfb87a48ba8138399b31db97..bd29b56267585873bee258cbf85de8a3d113744a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/FAI
+++ b/doc/FAI
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ files:
 procedure
 ---------
 
-       1) install mnimal nfsroot binaries
+       1) install minimal nfsroot binaries
 
-               vi Config [enter default as a target, specify arch*]
+               vi Config [specify arch* variables]
 
        note: default target is enough. you dont need to specify fai-server.
              we are just going to install the nfsroot which will automate
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ procedure
        3) adapt configs in ./fai (see chapter "fai config files")
 
        4) pxeboot your install candidates. this is actually not fully
-          automated.
+          automated. have a look athe bootdisk section if your client does
+          not support pxeboot.
 
                - type "fai" on pxeboot prompt
                - after first bootup, use cfdisk to partition your harddisk
@@ -154,6 +155,37 @@ there are several files you need to hack. here we go:
 
 note: restart all the mentioned services.
 
+bootdisk
+--------
+
+for computers old enough to not support pxe but having installed a piece
+of hardware called floppy disk, you may create a bootdisk containing the
+install kernel (the pxe stuff is replaced by the bootdisk).
+
+- compile a customized kernel < 1.4 mb. do not unset needed features!
+
+       (use ./misc/arch/${hdw_arch}/linux.config as .config + modify)
+
+- copy bzImage to fai/files/boot/vmlinuz_custom/<ip>
+
+- create bootfloppy/image
+
+       easy way: (create the bootdisk)
+
+       mknod /dev/boot255 c 0 255
+       dd if=bzImage of=/dev/floppy/0
+       rdev /dev/floppy/0 /dev/boot255
+
+       lilo way: (create an image)
+
+       dd if=/dev/zero of=bootdisk.img bs=1024 count=1440
+       yes | mke2fs -q -i 40000 -m 0 bootdisk.img
+       mkdir -p /mnt/tmp ; mount -o loop bootdisk.img /mnt/tmp
+       mkdir -p /mnt/tmp/{boot,etc} ; cp bzImage /mnt/tmp/boot/vmlinuz
+
+       [to be continued ...]
+
+
 troubleshooting
 ---------------