[ipxe-devel] appnote/debian_preseed instructions are wrong

[Geert Stappers]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 03:28:56PM -0400, Etienne Champetier wrote:
> Hello iPXE devs,
> 
> The text at https://ipxe.org/appnote/debian_preseed suggests that you
> can load a non cpio file,
> put it as initrd= param, and that even for EFI mode iPXE will make a
> cpio for you.
> In my testing (and as discussed here
> https://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid=7830&pid=11948#pid11948 by
> others)
> this is only working with cpio files when in EFI mode, so 2 questions:
> - is this appnote/debian_preseed page just a design document that was
> never implemented ?

Or something that worked five years ago ...


} - can someone update it

Posting is recieved as reminder on a pending  password request


> - can someone update it to mention it's not working,

That is a recipe / request for getting out-dated information
even more outdated   :-/


> or what options are needed ?

Few days  (few weeks?) ago I saw some  "iPXE initrd advice"
But it is not anymore in IRC scroll buffer

Things I remember
 *  BIOS and  EFI  have different idea how initrd should be provided
 *  "only switch once  initrd  type" 

 
> Thanks a lot

Thank you for poking us


> Etienne

Groeten
Geert Stappers
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