Bug#607417: ΑΠ: win32-loader: please offer a "Boot from network with gPXE" option
Στις 02-02-2011, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 15:09 +0100, ο/η Didier 'OdyX' Raboud έγραψε: > So, given the messages received so far and my present answer, I am pretty > confident that the PXE patch does basically what you need; I will proceed in > merging the pxe branch to "master". Other enhancements will certainly happen, > but please report separate bugs (it's not a matter of blocking discussion, > but > to keep the "one problem is one bug" motto). Confirming everything that OdyX says. Awesome PXE integration, much more mature than our preliminary attempts. :) To compile, I did the following: git clone git://git.debian.org/d-i/win32-loader.git cd win32-loader git checkout -b pxe remotes/origin/pxe # remove "--format=i386-pc" from Makefile because I had an old grub version cp /usr/share/gpxe/gpxe.lkrn ./pxe.lkrn PXE=yes make Tested the resulting win32-loader.exe in a vbox XP installation, worked fine. The only thing that remains is the boot menu title, we'll file another bug for it once the pxe branch is merged to master. Again, thank you OdyX, you're great. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#607417: ΑΠ: win32-loader: please offer a "Boot from network with gPXE" option
Le Wednesday 2 February 2011 14:26:25, vous avez écrit :
> Hi,
Hi Yannis and thanks for your extended review,
> Vaggelis forgot to mention that in order to have the pxe functionality work
> properly you must follow the 1-4 steps:
>
> 1)The linux, initrd.gz, pxe.lkrn (gpxe 1.0.0) files must be placed in the
> root folder.
I agree that pxe.lkrn has to be placed in the root folder. That's the point of
the pxe.target to "depend" on pxe.lkrn. I will enhance the code when {g,i}PXE
enters Debian in order to copy the pxe.lkrn directly (as is done for gl2dr and
loadlin.exe).
But I disagree with including linux and initrd.gz within the PXE patch, see
below.
> 2)The file debian/rules must have the PXE=yes option, instead
> of STANDALONE=yes.
… only if you want to build a Debian package out of it. Otherwise, just run
"PXE=yes make" and you'll get a PXE-enabled win32-loader.exe.
> 3)The Makefile must have:
>
> pxe.target: pxe.lkrn linux initrd.gz templates/ternary_choice.ini
>
> instead of
> pxe.target: pxe.lkrn templates/ternary_choice.ini
Same remark as 1), see below.
> 4)The main.nsi should be patched with main.nsi.diff.
(As a side remark, could you please use "diff -Naur" when providing diffs, it's
way easier to patch back.)
What your main.nsi.diff "patch" does is that it "embeds" a complete debian-
installer linux kernel and initrd.gz (which makes it fail with kfreebsd…). The
current win32-loader approach is to rely on Debian mirrors (and internet
connectivity) to get the latest released debian-installer kernels and initrd's.
Bundling a specific d-i version into a Windows executable defeats the fact that
the current 0.6.22 win32-loader will be able to download _any_ future "stable"
Debian-Installer.
But I can acknowledge that bundling specific versions can be useful. Could you
please report a bug (with wishlist severity) against win32-loader with a title
like "Please add a d-i bundling possiblity" ?
> Another issue to consider is that when a user installs win32loader in pxe
> mode, description in boot menu isn't very clear ("continue with install
> process"). I think that in pxe mode you should better change this message
> to "Continue with network boot" in file l10n/win32-loader.sh (line 81)
Same here; I plan to enhance the reboot messages shown by the Windows
bootloader. It'd be nice if you could report a wishlist bug against
win32-loader
with a title like "Please enhance the reboot messages."
> Yannis
So, given the messages received so far and my present answer, I am pretty
confident that the PXE patch does basically what you need; I will proceed in
merging the pxe branch to "master". Other enhancements will certainly happen,
but please report separate bugs (it's not a matter of blocking discussion, but
to keep the "one problem is one bug" motto).
Cheers,
OdyX
--
Didier Raboud, proud Debian Developer.
CH-1020 Renens
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Bug#607417: ΑΠ: win32-loader: please offer a "Boot from network with gPXE" option
tags 607417 +pending thanks Le Tuesday 11 January 2011 12:40:33 Papakirikou Vaggelis, vous avez écrit : > Hello, > > I attach the patch for the files we have modified... > > Evangelos Papakirikou (papak...@cti.gr) > > Ioannis Siahos (sia...@cti.gr) Hi Evangelos, Ioannis, and Alkis, (I hope I got the first names correctly…) Many thanks for your patch; I have now taken some time to inspect it and I created a branch on the Win32-Loader git repository, that includes most of the changes you propose: http://git.debian.org/?p=d-i/win32-loader.git;a=commitdiff;h=61e7dae042308d010ff897c7a7df9e98ac030be7 (on the "pxe" branch) Here's what I did: * Add the "PXE" functionality as an option (aka without PXE=yes make, win32-loader will work as usual) * Make the functionality gPXE/iPXE independent (aka you must provide a "pxe.lkrn" file at the sources root) * No mention of "LTSP", but PXE everywhere * Add as few new strings as possible * No change of the Windows Registry key name I tested that here on a Windows7 machine with a renamed ipxe.lkrn and it just worked, so many thanks for your patch ! My current plan is to give you some time to test my patch (possibly adding yours on top) and if it works correctly, I'll merge it on the master branch; hence releasing a win32-loader source that allows the installation of a PXE loader, but without enabling it on the binaries (as neither gPXE nor iPXE is in Debian yet). So please keep me informed about the correctness of my patch for your purpose ! And by the way, if you could publish your changes in a git repository somewhere, it'd just be great for more collaboration ! Cheers, OdyX -- Didier Raboud, proud Debian Developer. CH-1020 Renens o...@debian.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#607417: ΑΠ: win32-loader: please offer a "Boot from network with gPXE" option
Hello, I attach the patch for the files we have modified... Evangelos Papakirikou (papak...@cti.gr) Ioannis Siahos (sia...@cti.gr) diffs.diff Description: diffs.diff
