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Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ?

From	Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject	Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ?
Date	2025-11-17 22:20 +0100
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Hi,

Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> wrote (Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:08:01 +0100):
> Personally, I use the `di-netboot-assistant` package for maintaining the
> images that I offer for TFTP booting. It allows one to configure things
> once, and then trivially upgrade the images that are being offered (as
> well as handling the added complexities, such as nonfree firmware,
> signed images for secure boot, custom menu entries etc., if you
> configure it to do so).
> 
> It's possible to upgrade images and have something that boots by running
> a couple of obvious commands, which means that I've forgotten most of
> the details since I first set it up a few releases ago -- it should
> definitely be suggested as the preferred option before describing all the
> manual steps IMO.

I'm not sure, maybe this is for advanced experience/developer level and
not for the common user?
So probably not mention that as the preferred-for-all solution?


Holger

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Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ? Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2025-11-15 18:50 +0100
  Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ? Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2025-11-16 13:20 +0100
    Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ? Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2025-11-16 19:40 +0100
    Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ? Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2025-11-17 15:20 +0100
      Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ? Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2025-11-17 22:20 +0100
        Bug#756862: Fw: Feature dnsmasq as TFTP server in the installation guide ? Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2025-11-18 08:30 +0100

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