From a06135a96e0d19c07d5e34908ebffee1ea15571d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zach Bernstein Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 12:46:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: use ipxe-sanboot for raspberry pi 4's Use ipxe-sanboot for Rpi's Signed-off-by: Noel Georgi --- website/content/v0.5/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md | 8 ++++++++ website/content/v0.6/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/v0.5/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md b/website/content/v0.5/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md index 7a86ef0c..8c560aa8 100644 --- a/website/content/v0.5/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md +++ b/website/content/v0.5/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md @@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ Followed by this command to apply the patch: kubectl -n sidero-system patch deployments.apps sidero-controller-manager --patch "$(cat patch.yaml)" ``` +## Configure BootFromDiskMethod + +By default, Sidero will use iPXE's `exit` command to attempt to force boot from disk. +On Raspberry Pi, this will drop you into the bootloader interface, and you will need to connect a keyboard and manually select the disk to boot from. + +The BootFromDiskMethod can be configured on individual [Servers](../../resource-configuration/servers/#bootfromdiskmethod), on [ServerClasses](../../resource-configuration/serverclasses/#bootfromdiskmethod), or as a command-line argument to the Sidero metal controller itself (`--boot-from-disk-method=`). +In order to force the Pi to use the configured bootloader order, the BootFromDiskMethod needs to be set to `ipxe-sanboot`. + ## Profit With the patched metal controller, you should now be able to register the Pi4 to diff --git a/website/content/v0.6/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md b/website/content/v0.6/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md index 7a86ef0c..8c560aa8 100644 --- a/website/content/v0.6/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md +++ b/website/content/v0.6/Guides/rpi4-as-servers.md @@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ Followed by this command to apply the patch: kubectl -n sidero-system patch deployments.apps sidero-controller-manager --patch "$(cat patch.yaml)" ``` +## Configure BootFromDiskMethod + +By default, Sidero will use iPXE's `exit` command to attempt to force boot from disk. +On Raspberry Pi, this will drop you into the bootloader interface, and you will need to connect a keyboard and manually select the disk to boot from. + +The BootFromDiskMethod can be configured on individual [Servers](../../resource-configuration/servers/#bootfromdiskmethod), on [ServerClasses](../../resource-configuration/serverclasses/#bootfromdiskmethod), or as a command-line argument to the Sidero metal controller itself (`--boot-from-disk-method=`). +In order to force the Pi to use the configured bootloader order, the BootFromDiskMethod needs to be set to `ipxe-sanboot`. + ## Profit With the patched metal controller, you should now be able to register the Pi4 to