These steps start the Ubuntu boot loader which will display a menu page for you to select a boot kernel and options. Proceed to selecting the boot kernel and options.

If, for some reason, option 1 is not successful, reboot the machine and when the EFI Boot Manager screen appears there should be one option called EFI Shell [Built-in]. Boot the Ubuntu Install CD with the following steps:

As with option 1, these steps start the Ubuntu boot loader which will display a menu page for you to select a boot kernel and options. You can also enter the shorter fsn:elilo command at the shell prompt. Proceed to selecting the boot kernel and options.

You may choose to perform an install using a monitor and keyboard or using a serial connection. To use a monitor/keyboard setup, select an option containing the string [VGA console]. To install over a serial connection, choose an option containing the string [BAUD baud serial console], where BAUD is the speed of your serial console. Menu items for the most typical baud rate settings on the ttyS0 device are preconfigured.

In most circumstances, you will want the installer to use the same baud rate as your connection to the EFI console. If you aren't sure what this setting is, you can obtain it using the command baud at the EFI shell.

If there is not an option available that is configured for the serial device or baud rate you would like to use, you may override the console setting for one of the existing menu options. For example, to use a 57600 baud console over the ttyS1 device, enter console=ttyS1,57600n8 into the Boot: text window.

	Most IA-64 boxes ship with a default console setting of 9600 baud. This setting is rather slow, and the normal installation process will take a significant time to draw each screen. You should consider either increasing the baud rate used for performing the installation, or performing a Text Mode installation. See the Params help menu for instructions on starting the installer in Text Mode.

	If you select the wrong console type, you will be able to select the kernel and enter parameters but both the display and your input will go dead as soon as the kernel starts, requiring you to reboot before you can begin the installation.

The boot loader will display a form with a menu list and a text window with a Boot: prompt. The arrow keys select an item from the menu and any text typed at the keyboard will appear in the text window. There are also help screens which can be displayed by pressing the appropriate function key. The General help screen explains the menu choices and the Params screen explains the common command line options.

Consult the General help screen for the description of the kernels and install modes most appropriate for your installation. You should also consult the section called “Boot Parameters” below for any additional parameters that you may want to set in the Boot: text window. The kernel version you choose selects the kernel version that will be used for both the installation process and the installed system. If you encounter kernel problems with the installation, you may also have those same problems with the system you install. The following two steps will select and start the install:

Proceed to the next chapter to continue the installation where you will set up the language locale, network, and disk partitions.

A suitable TFTP entry for network booting an IA-64 system looks something like this:

host mcmuffin {
        hardware ethernet 00:30:6e:1e:0e:83;
        fixed-address 10.0.0.21;
        filename "ubuntu-installer/ia64/elilo.efi";
}

Note that the goal is to get elilo.efi running on the client.

Extract the netboot.tar.gz file into the directory used as the root for your tftp server. Typical tftp root directories include /var/lib/tftp and /tftpboot. This will create an ubuntu-installer directory tree containing the boot files for an IA-64 system.

# cd /var/lib/tftp
# tar xvfz /home/user/netboot.tar.gz
./
./ubuntu-installer/
./ubuntu-installer/ia64/
[...]

The netboot.tar.gz contains an elilo.conf file that should work for most configurations. However, should you need to make changes to this file, you can find it in the ubuntu-installer/ia64/ directory. It is possible to have different config files for different clients by naming them using the client's IP address in hex with the suffix .conf instead of elilo.conf. See documentation provided in the elilo package for details.

To configure the client to support TFTP booting, start by booting to EFI and entering the Boot Option Maintenance Menu.

You should see the new boot option you just created, and selecting it should initiate a DHCP query, leading to a TFTP load of elilo.efi from the server.

The boot loader will display its prompt after it has downloaded and processed its configuration file. At this point, the installation proceeds with the same steps as a CD install. Select a boot option as in above and when the kernel has completed installing itself from the network, it will start the Ubuntu Installer.

Proceed to the next chapter to continue the installation where you will set up the language locale, network, and disk partitions.