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authorDavid Runge <dvzrv@archlinux.org>2021-07-31 16:58:57 +0200
committerDavid Runge <dvzrv@archlinux.org>2021-07-31 16:58:57 +0200
commit75d36d2124f2216ea0cfbdb0e19d4cb7bed8557b (patch)
tree5b91eccc64188117874d282bee3d01db4fe5d3bf /docs
parenta4691b8ee46be9f7391c36cfadf1a1e843590d9a (diff)
Remove mkinitcpio-archiso files
archiso/initcpio/*: Remove mkinitcpio-archiso scripts as they have been split out into a separate project. docs/README.{altbootmethods,bootparams}: Remove mkinitcpio-archiso specific documentation.
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diff --git a/docs/README.altbootmethods b/docs/README.altbootmethods
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-INDEX
------
-
-* Alternative boot methods (configs/releng)
- * ISO in loopback mode
- * ISO in memdisk mode
- * Network booting (PXE) [first stage]
- * DHCP + TFTP
- * DHCP + HTTP
- * HTTP/NFS/NBD [second stage]
-
-
-
-*** Alternative boot methods (configs/releng)
-
-ISO images names consist of: archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
-
-Where:
- <YYYY> Year
- <MM> Month
- <DD> Day
-
-
-** ISO in loopback mode.
-
-Note: Described method is for using with GRUB2.
- GRUB2 is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
- is at path <TARGET-PATH> on disk <D> and partition <P>,
- where filesystem is labeled as <TARGET-FS-LABEL>.
-
-menuentry "Arch Linux (x86_64)" {
- set isofile="/<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso"
- loopback loop (hd<D>,<P>)$isofile
- linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz img_label=<TARGET-FS-LABEL> img_loop=$isofile
- initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
-}
-
-
-** ISO in memdisk mode.
-
-Note: Described method is for using with SYSLINUX. Anyway MEMDISK from SYSLINUX can work
- with other bootloaders.
- SYSLINUX is installed on target media and archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
- is at path <TARGET-PATH>.
-
-
-LABEL arch_x64
- LINUX memdisk
- INITRD /<TARGET-PATH>/archlinux-<YYYY>.<MM>.<DD>-x86_64.iso
- APPEND iso
-
-
-** Network booting (PXE).
-
-All ISOs are ready to act as PXE server, some manual steps are needed
-to setup the desired PXE boot mode.
-Alternatively it is possible to use an existing PXE server following the same logic.
-Note: Setup network first, adjust IP adresses, and respect all slashes "/".
-
-First stage is for loading kernel and initramfs via PXE, two methods described here:
-
-* DHCP + TFTP
-
-Note: All NIC firmwares should support this.
-
-# dnsmasq --port=0 \
- --enable-tftp \
- --tftp-root=/run/archiso/bootmnt \
- --dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.254,86400 \
- --dhcp-boot=/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 \
- --dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/archiso.cfg \
- --dhcp-option-force=210,/arch/
-
-* DHCP + HTTP
-
-Note: Not all NIC firmware supports HTTP and DNS (if domain name is used).
- At least this works with iPXE and gPXE.
-
-# dnsmasq --port=0 \
- --dhcp-range=192.168.0.2,192.168.0.254,86400 \
- --dhcp-boot=http://192.168.0.7/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 \
- --dhcp-option-force=209,boot/syslinux/archiso.cfg \
- --dhcp-option-force=210,http://192.168.0.7/arch/
-
-
-Once the kernel is started from PXE, SquashFS files and other misc files
-inside "arch" directory must be loaded (second stage). One of the following
-methods can be used to serve the rest of live-medium.
-
-* HTTP
-
-# darkhttpd /run/archiso/bootmnt
-
-
-* NFS
-
-# echo "/run/archiso/bootmnt 192.168.0.*(ro,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)" >> /etc/exports
-# systemctl start nfs-server.service
-
-
-* NBD
-
-Note: Adjust ARCH_201703 as needed.
-
-# cat << EOF > /tmp/nbd-server.conf
-[generic]
-[archiso]
- readonly = true
- exportname = /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201703
-EOF
-# nbd-server -C /tmp/nbd-server.conf
diff --git a/docs/README.bootparams b/docs/README.bootparams
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-INDEX
------
-
-* Boot parameters (initramfs stage)
- * hooks/archiso
- * hooks/archiso_pxe_common
- * hooks/archiso_pxe_nbd
- * hooks/archiso_pxe_http
- * hooks/archiso_pxe_nfs
- * hooks/archiso_loop_mnt
-
-* Boot parameters (configs/releng)
- * scripts/choose-mirror
-
-
-*** Boot parameters (initramfs stage)
-
-** hooks/archiso
-
-* archisolabel= Set the filesystem label where archiso files reside.
- Default: (unset)
-* archisodevice= Set the device node where archiso medium is located.
- Default: "/dev/disk/by-label/${archisolabel}"
-* archisobasedir= Set the base directory where all files reside.
- Default: "arch"
-* copytoram= If set to "y" or just "copytoram" without arguments,
- all SquashFS are copied to "RAM". If you add the package
- "pv" to the packages.x86_64 it is used to display the copy
- progress.
- Default: (unset)
-* checksum= If set to "y" or just "checksum" without arguments,
- performs a self-test of all files inside ${install_dir},
- and continue booting if ok.
- Default: (unset)
-* cow_label= Set the filesystem label where COW file (for dm-snapshot)
- or upperdir/workdir files (for overlayfs) must be stored.
- Default: (unset)
-* cow_device= Like cow_label= but using device node.
- Default: (unset) or "/dev/disk/by-label/${cow_label}"
-* cow_flags= Set extra mount options, e.g. for btrfs subvolumes.
- Default: defaults
-* cow_directory= Set a directory inside ${cow_device}.
- Default: "/persistent_${archisolabel}/${arch}"
-* cow_persistent= Set if snapshot is persistent "P" or non-persistent "N".
- Only used for dm-snapshot mode, ignored for overlayfs.
- Default: "N" (if no ${cow_device} is used) otherwise "P".
-* cow_spacesize= Set the size for COW space (tmpfs). Valid for both
- dm-snapshot and overlayfs mode.
- The argument is an integer and optional unit.
- Units are M,G (powers of 1024).
- Default: "256M"
-* cow_chunksize= Set chunksize used for dm-snapshot. This is number
- of 512 byte blocks to write at once.
- Default: "8"
-* copytoram_size= Set the size of tmpfs. This space is used for
- airootfs.sfs image if copytoram=y.
- Size is in bytes (suffix with "k", "m" and "g") or
- in percentage of available RAM.
- Default: "75%"
-* dm_snap_prefix= Set a prefix for dm-snapshot node names.
- Only used for dm-snapshot mode, ignored for overlayfs.
- Default: "arch"
-* arch= Force an architecture type (i686 | x86_64).
- Do not set it for normal operations.
- Default: (architecture of running kernel)
-
-
-** hooks/archiso_pxe_common
-
-* ip= This parameter is setup automatically by PXELINUX
- when option "SYSAPPEND" is set to 1 or 2 in config.
- ip=<client-ip>:<boot-server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>
- Default: (set via PXE server)
-* BOOTIF= This parameter is setup automatically by PXELINUX
- when option "SYSAPPEND" is set to 2 or 3 in config.
- BOOTIF=<hardware-address-of-boot-interface>
- Default: (set via PXELINUX)
-* copy_resolvconf= Copy /etc/resolv.conf from initramfs to live-enviroment.
- Set to "n" to skip them.
- Default: "y"
-
-
-** hooks/archiso_pxe_nbd
-
-* archiso_nbd_name= Set NBD export name used by the server.
- Default: archiso
-* archiso_nbd_srv= Set an IP address where NBD reside.
- If ${pxeserver} is used, PXE IP will be used.
- Default: (unset)
-
-
-** hooks/archiso_pxe_http
-
-* archiso_http_srv= Set an HTTP URL (must end with /) where ${archisobasedir}
- is found with all *.sfs files.
- In the IP/domain part if ${pxeserver} is used, use PXE IP.
- Default: (unset)
-* archiso_http_spc= Set the size of tmpfs where *.sfs files are downloaded.
- Default: "75%"
-
-
-** hooks/archiso_pxe_nfs
-
-* archiso_nfs_srv= Set the NFS-IP:/path of the server
- In the IP part if ${pxeserver} is used, PXE IP will be used.
- Default: (unset)
-* archiso_nfs_opt= Set NFS mount options separated by comma.
- Default: (unset, see below)
- These are the implicit options:
- port = as given by server portmap daemon
- rsize = 1024
- wsize = 1024
- timeo = 7
- retrans = 3
- acregmin = 3
- acregmax = 60
- acdirmin = 30
- acdirmax = 60
- flags = hard, nointr, noposix, cto, ac
-
-
-** hooks/archiso_loop_mnt
-
-* img_label= Set the filesystem label where archiso-image.iso.
- Default: (unset)
-* img_dev= Device where archiso-image.iso reside.
- Default: (unset) or "/dev/disk/by-label/${img_label}"
-* img_flags= Set extra mount options, e.g. for btrfs subvolumes.
- Default: defaults
-* img_loop= Full path where archiso-image.iso is located on ${img_dev}
- Default: (unset)
-
-
-
-*** Boot parameters (configs/releng)
-
-** scripts/choose-mirror
-
-* mirror= Takes a mirror URL and creates a new mirrorlist.
- When setting mirror=auto, the mirror is taken from
- archiso_http_srv= in order to keep using the mirror
- selected in the netboot menu.
- Default: (unset)
-
-* script= Takes a local file path or a URL to a script file which is
- executed from a temporary location after boot. If the
- parameter points at a remote file (supported protocols are
- http, https and ftp), it will be downloaded before execution.
- Default: (unset)