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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:17:27 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:17:27 +0000 |
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diff --git a/src/VBox/Devices/PC/ipxe/contrib/rom-o-matic/README b/src/VBox/Devices/PC/ipxe/contrib/rom-o-matic/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b68cf775 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/VBox/Devices/PC/ipxe/contrib/rom-o-matic/README @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +ROM-o-matic web interface for building iPXE ROMs +------------------------------------------------ + +This web application generates iPXE images and sends them to a web +browser. + +Available as part of the iPXE source code distribution, which can be +downlaoded from http://etherboot.org/ + +Author: Marty Connor <mdc@etherboot.org> +License: GPLv2 +Support: http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/ipxe + Please send support questions to the iPXE mailing list + +System Requirements +------------------- +- Apache web server +- PHP 4+ +- Tools required to build iPXE installed on the server + - gcc, mtools, syslinux, perl, etc. + +Setup +----- +As distributed, it is expected that the rom-o-matic source code +directory is in the contrib directory of a iPXE source distribution. + +The easiest way to do this is to simply put a iPXE source distribution +in a web server accessible directory. + +If this is not the case, you will need to either edit the file + + "globals.php" + +or create a file called + + "local-config.php" + +containing the following lines: + +<?php +$src_dir = "../../src"; +?> + +Then change the line beginning "$src_dir = " to the path of your iPXE +source code tree. + +To make build times shorter, before you run rom-o-matic for the first time +you should cd to the ipxe "src" directory and enter the following +commands: + + $ make + $ make bin/NIC + +This will pro-compile most object files and will make your rom-o-matic +builds much faster. + +Running rom-o-matic from a web browser +-------------------------------------- +Enter a URL like: + + http://example.com/ipxe-1.x.x/contrib/rom-o-matic + |