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- ===== Documentation for Etherboot users =====+====== Documentation for gPXE ====== 
 +===== General Documentation ​=====
  
-==== General EtherBoot information==== +  ​* [[gpxe_imagetypes|gPXE Image types]]: explanation on types of images cranked out by make or r-o-m
----- +
-  ​* [[scenario|Introduction:​ A typical network boot scenario]], including explanations for new users+
  
 +===== Source Code Documentation =====
 +
 +Many parts of the gPXE code-base include commenting for use with the Doxygen system. ​ To build this documentation for browsing, go into gPXE src/ directory and do
 +  make doc
 +You will then have the documentation available in your gpxe/​src/​bin/​doc/​ directory.
 +
 +A sample build is available [[http://​etherboot.org/​api/​modules.html|here]].
 +
 +====== Documentation for Etherboot ======
 +
 +===== General EtherBoot Information=====
 +  * [[scenario|Introduction]]:​ A typical network boot scenario, including explanations for new users
   * [[troubleshooting|Troubleshooting FAQ]]   * [[troubleshooting|Troubleshooting FAQ]]
   * [[eb_imagetypes|EtherBoot image types explanation]]   * [[eb_imagetypes|EtherBoot image types explanation]]
- 
   * [[filename_specification|How to specify which boot file to load]]   * [[filename_specification|How to specify which boot file to load]]
 +  * [[commandline|gPXE command line reference]]
  
-==== Putting Etherboot into ROM chips or Motherboard BIOS ==== +===== Putting Etherboot into ROM Chips or Motherboard BIOS =====
-----+
  
   * [[burningroms|Burning ROM chips]]   * [[burningroms|Burning ROM chips]]
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   * [[biosmodule|Putting EtherBoot into your BIOS]]   * [[biosmodule|Putting EtherBoot into your BIOS]]
  
-==== Various Booting Configurations === +===== Various Booting Configurations ​===== 
-----+ 
 +==== Linux Related ====
  
-=== Linux Related === 
----- 
     * [[lilowithetherboot|Using LILO with EtherBoot]]     * [[lilowithetherboot|Using LILO with EtherBoot]]
     * [[http://​syslinux.zytor.com|PXELINUX]]     * [[http://​syslinux.zytor.com|PXELINUX]]
  
-=== Etherboot as a PXE Boot ROM === +==== Etherboot as a PXE Boot ROM ==== 
-----+
     * [[pxe|Using EtherBoot as a PXE boot rom]]     * [[pxe|Using EtherBoot as a PXE boot rom]]
     * [[pxe2ndstage|Using EtherBoot as a PXE 2nd-stage-loader]]     * [[pxe2ndstage|Using EtherBoot as a PXE 2nd-stage-loader]]
  
-=== Virtual Machine / Emulator Usage === +==== Virtual Machine / Emulator Usage ==== 
-----+
     * [[vmware|How to use EtherBoot in a VMware virtual machine]]     * [[vmware|How to use EtherBoot in a VMware virtual machine]]
-    * [[vmwarebios|How to use EtherBoot as ROM in the VMware BIOS / EtherBoot ROM in VMware'​s ​and Bochs' ​network cards]]+    * [[vmwarebios|How to use EtherBoot as ROM in the VMware BIOS / EtherBoot ROM in VMware and Bochs network cards]]
     * [[bochs|How to use EtherBoot with Bochs]]     * [[bochs|How to use EtherBoot with Bochs]]
 +    * [[qemu|How to use gPXE with QEMU]]
 +
 +==== MEMDISK ====
  
-=== MEMDISK === 
----- 
     * [[bootingmemdisk|Booting Memdisk]]     * [[bootingmemdisk|Booting Memdisk]]
       * [[disklessdos|Diskless MS-DOS (and compatibles)]]       * [[disklessdos|Diskless MS-DOS (and compatibles)]]
       * [[disklesswin98|Diskless Windows 98]]       * [[disklesswin98|Diskless Windows 98]]
  
-=== Windows Related === +==== Windows Related ​==== 
-----+
     * [[windowsntloader|Loading EtherBoot from a Windows 2000/XP NT loader]]     * [[windowsntloader|Loading EtherBoot from a Windows 2000/XP NT loader]]
     * [[msris|Using EtherBoot with Microsofts Remote Installation Services (RIS)]]     * [[msris|Using EtherBoot with Microsofts Remote Installation Services (RIS)]]
  
-=== FreeBSD === +==== FreeBSD ​==== 
-----+
     * [[freebsd|Booting FreeBSD]]     * [[freebsd|Booting FreeBSD]]
  
-==== Miscellaneous Topics ==== + 
-----+===== Miscellaneous Topics =====
  
   * [[aoe|ATA-over-Ethernet (experimental)]]   * [[aoe|ATA-over-Ethernet (experimental)]]
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   * [[multicast|Multicast protocol support (slam/​tftp-multicast)]]   * [[multicast|Multicast protocol support (slam/​tftp-multicast)]]
   * [[safebootmode|Experimental SafeBootMode cryptographic boot image check]]   * [[safebootmode|Experimental SafeBootMode cryptographic boot image check]]
 +  * [[romdumping|Dumping PCI expansion ROMs]]
  
-=== Preparing Etherboot Network Bootable Images with mknbi for Etherboot === +==== Using the "mknbi" Utility with Etherboot ====
----- +
-NBI or Network Boot Image format is a legacy format which wraps operating system images (such as Linux Kernels) in a wrapper, which makes it possible for Etherboot ot load the images directly. ​ This is not needed for PXE and PXELINUX booting, and is not recommended for new users.+
  
-For new userswe recommend using [[http://​syslinux.zytor.com|PXELINUX]]+Network Bootable Image format (NBI) is a legacy format that wraps operating system images (such as Linux kernels) in a wrapperwhich makes it possible for Etherboot to load the images directlyThe "​mknbi"​ (make NBI) utility performs the wrapping operation.
  
 +=== NBI, Etherboot and Linux 2.6 ===
 +Unfortunately,​ mknbi cannot be used to make a NBI of a Linux 2.6 (or newer) kernel image. If you are tied to Etherboot but need to boot a Linux 2.6 or newer kernel, wraplinux must be used to create a working NBI. Follow the link to [[http://​www.kernel.org/​pub/​linux/​utils/​boot/​wraplinux|wraplinux]] on kernel.org to download it.
 +
 +**Note:** This is not needed for PXE and PXELINUX booting, and is not recommended for new users. ​ For new users, we recommend using [[http://​syslinux.zytor.com|PXELINUX]]
 +
 +For those who need to use the NBI format, please see:
   * [[mknbi|mknbi utility description and manpage]]   * [[mknbi|mknbi utility description and manpage]]
  
-==== Developer information ==== 
----- 
-  * [[dev:​devmanual|A somewhat dated Etherboot Developers'​ manual (does not cover recent versions of Etherboot, or gPXE]] 
-  * [[dev:​todo|A Developer Todo List]] 
  
 +===== Developer Information =====
 +=== Driver APIs ===
 +  * [[dev:​netdriverapi|gPXE Network Driver API]]
 +  * [[:​soc:​2008:​mdeck:​notes:​gpxe_driver_api|PCI,​ network driver, and non-volatile storage APIs]]
 +
 +=== Debugging ===
 +  * [[dev:​gdbstub|GDB remote debugging]]
 +  * [[dev:​prefixdebugging|Prefix debugging]]
 +  * [[dev:​fnrec|Function recorder for crash/hang debugging]]
  
 +=== Old stuff ===
 +  * [[dev:​devmanual|A somewhat dated Etherboot Developers'​ manual]] (does not cover recent versions of Etherboot, or gPXE)
 +  * [[dev:​todo|A Developer To-Do List]]

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