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       <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-booting-from-pxe">

     

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         <title>Booting from the <quote>netboot</quote> media (PXE)</title>

     

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         <para>

     

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           Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or

     

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           iPXE setup.

     

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           These instructions assume that you have an existing PXE or iPXE

     

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           infrastructure and simply want to add the NixOS installer as another

     

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           option. To build the necessary files from a recent version of

     

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           nixpkgs, you can run:

     

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         <programlisting>

     

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       nix-build -A netboot.x86_64-linux nixos/release.nix

     

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         <para>

     

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           This will create a <literal>result</literal> directory containing: *

     

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           <literal>bzImage</literal> – the Linux kernel *

     

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           <literal>initrd</literal> – the initrd file *

     

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           <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal> – an example ipxe script

     

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           demonstrating the appropriate kernel command line arguments for this

     

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           image

     

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         <para>

     

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           <literal>netboot.ipxe</literal>.

     

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           unmodified, or you may need to update the paths to the files to

     

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           match your server’s directory layout.

     

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         <para>

     

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           products from hydra at which point we will update this documentation

     

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           with instructions on how to obtain them either for placing on a

     

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           dedicated TFTP server or to boot them directly over the internet.

     

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       # Booting from the "netboot" media (PXE) {#sec-booting-from-pxe}

     

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       Advanced users may wish to install NixOS using an existing PXE or iPXE

     

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       setup.

     

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       These instructions assume that you have an existing PXE or iPXE

     

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       infrastructure and simply want to add the NixOS installer as another

     

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       option. To build the necessary files from a recent version of nixpkgs,

     

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       you can run:

     

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       ```ShellSession

     

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       nix-build -A netboot.x86_64-linux nixos/release.nix

     

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       ```

     

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       This will create a `result` directory containing: \* `bzImage` -- the

     

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       Linux kernel \* `initrd` -- the initrd file \* `netboot.ipxe` -- an

     

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       arguments for this image

     

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       layout.

     

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       dedicated TFTP server or to boot them directly over the internet.

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