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@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ How to netboot using ELILO
Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Hewlett-Packard Co.
Contributed by Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
Updated by Jason Fleischli <jason.fleischli@hp.com>
Last updated: 03/08/11
Last updated: 10/19/2009
x86_64 and uefi support was added @ elilo version 3.8 and linux kernel >= 2.6.24
EFI has full support for the PXE and DHCP protocol. As such
it is relatively easy to boot a machine from the network using EFI.
@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ only on two very common cases:
This filename is an opportunity to specify a machine specific configuration file.
2) AA[BB[CC]][-ia32|ia64].conf
2) AA[BB[CC]][-ia32|ia64|x86_64].conf
As of version 3.5, elilo will also look for IPv4 class A,B,C
subnet-specific versions of the config file. This is useful when you
want to have a common config file for all machines connected to a
@ -140,14 +143,14 @@ only on two very common cases:
config files first (So for example, on an Itanium system,
"0A0000-ia64.conf" will be tried before "0A0000.conf")
3) elilo-ia32.config or elilo-ia64.conf
3) elilo-ia32.conf, elilo-x86_64.conf, or elilo-ia64.conf
Depending on the machine (client side) architecture elilo will try the IA-32 or
IA-64 file.
Depending on the machine (client side) architecture elilo will try the matching
architecture specific filename.
This filename is an opportunity to specify a architecture specific configuration file.
This distinction between the architectures is useful when the same TFTP server services
the two types of clients : IA32- and IA-64 machines.
the three types of clients : ia32, x86_64, and ia64 machines.
4) elilo.conf
@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ only on two very common cases:
- use the name provide by the PXE server Layer 1 or
- elilo-ia64.conf/elilo-ia32.conf or
- elilo-ia64.conf/elilo-ia32.conf/elilo-x86_64 or
- elilo.conf
@ -390,7 +393,7 @@ only on two very common cases:
In the case of a DHCP boot, this type of customization makes sense only for
the shared configuration file, elilo-ia64.conf/elilo-ia32.conf or elilo.conf.
the shared configuration file, elilo-ia64.conf/elilo-ia32.conf/elilo-x86_64 or elilo.conf.
The configuration file based on the IP address (such as C0A80205.conf in this
case) would provide another way of customizing parameters for a specific
client (IP address). The same thing holds if the name of the config file