On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:31:17AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > This has been something I have had on my todo list for a long time and > keep not getting to, so I would like to now. ;) > > Currently boot.fedoraproject.org is using gpxe. These gpxe images were > generated 2010-08, so they are pretty old. In the mean time, gpxe > development has stopped, and efforts have moved on to the new ipxe > project. ipxe has added a bunch more hardware support, including some > wireless cards, efi support, etc. > > I'd like to replace the existing binaries on secondary01: > > $ ls -la /srv/pub/alt/bfo/bfo* > -rw-rw-r--. 1 mmcgrath sysadmin-main 307200 Aug 24 2010 /srv/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.dsk > -rw-rw-r--. 1 mmcgrath sysadmin-main 686080 Aug 24 2010 /srv/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.iso > -rw-rw-r--. 1 mmcgrath sysadmin-main 308820 Aug 24 2010 /srv/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.lkrn > -rw-rw-r--. 1 mmcgrath sysadmin-main 344064 Aug 24 2010 /srv/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.usb > > with new shiny ipxe binaries: > > -rw-rw-r--. 1 kevin kevin 362496 May 11 09:52 bin/ipxe.dsk > -rw-rw-r--. 1 kevin kevin 1048576 May 11 09:55 bin/ipxe.iso > -rw-rw-r--. 1 kevin kevin 364490 May 11 09:52 bin/ipxe.lkrn > -rw-rw-r--. 1 kevin kevin 409600 May 11 09:55 bin/ipxe.usb > > This should vastly increase hardware support for boot.fedoraproject.org users. > > Additionally, I would update the boot.fedoraproject.org web pages to note we are > using ipxe instead of gpxe. > Additionally, I would be changing the embeded script in the ipxe binaries > from: > > #!gpxe > echo Please provide, IP address, Netmask, Gateway and Router > ifopen net0 > config net0 > set 209:string pxelinux.cfg/default > set 210:string http://mmcgrath.fedorapeople.org/gpxe/ > chain http://mmcgrath.fedorapeople.org/gpxe/pxelinux.0 > > to > > #!gpxe > echo Please provide, IP address, Netmask, Gateway and Router > ifopen net0 > config net0 > set 209:string pxelinux.cfg/default > set 210:string http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/bfo/ > chain http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/bfo/pxelinux.0 > > I'll note there is currently NO release criteria that involves boot.fedoraproject.org > Additionally, if testing shows that ipxe fails in some way we can't easily > fix, it should be trivial to put the old binaries back and regroup. > > Can I get +1's to this plan? :) > Sounds okay to me. Probably should have some release criteria for boot.fp.o sometime in the future. One question I have is how this affects people who have already downloaded a bfo.* and are using that for their upgrades. That should continue to work unless the mmcgrath.fedorapeople.org/* files go away, correct? Do we want to announce the change in official file location so that people are warned? -Toshio
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