Add instructions for enabling network booting for a Pi 3B+ and 4. #1930
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| The client configuration is almost done. The final thing to do is to remove the `program_usb_boot_mode` line from `config.txt` (make sure there is no blank line at the end). You can do this with `sudo nano /boot/config.txt`, for example. Finally, shut the client Raspberry Pi down with `sudo poweroff`. | |||
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| ## Client configuration (Raspberry Pi 3B+ / 4) | |||
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| These instructions only apply to the Raspberry Pi 3B+ and 4. | |||
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The Raspberry Pi 3B+ doesn't have a bootloader eeprom...
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Oh you're quite right, how silly of me! I will see if I can find out what is required on the 3B+ and update this PR.
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IIRC the 3B+ supports network (and USB) booting out-of-the-box?
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IIRC the 3B+ supports network (and USB) booting out-of-the-box?
Correct. There's no configuration needed - if it hasn't found an SD card in 5 seconds it moves to USB host boot and tries USB MSD and net. See https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md and https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/net.md.
I suspect the new docs manager, Alasdair Allan, will flatten the boot documentation into a single document post-#1911, so it's good to get the correct procedure documented now before that happens 👍
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| Set `BOOT_ORDER` to `0xf21` or similar, save, and reboot. The updated EEPROM settings will be saved onto the SD card and programmed to the EEPROM during the next boot. After this reboot the settings will become permanent and the SD card is no longer required. |
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I think there might be a raspi-config option to do this now, which is easier than using rpi-eeprom-config directly?
Ah yes: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/raspi-config.md
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I'm probably going to be freezing the current markdown-based documentation tree, and deleting any pending PRs, at the end of the week (see #1911 for more information as to why). So if we're going to merge this, probably need to finalise it before Wednesday or Thursday. |
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I'm going to be freezing the current Markdown-based repo for PRs on Monday morning, see #1911 for details of what's going on. If this PR isn't merged before then it will unfortunately be deleted. Although we'll be happy to get a new PR against the new Asciidoc-based repo after that goes public — which will probably at the start of August. |
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There is now an alternative PR, either this PR or #1942 should be merged. |
* Fixup net_tutorial.md This is a new PR to update instructions for net boot based on #1930, since that author of that PR (@Malvineous) has not yet responded to requests to finish that PR and #1911 is looming. * Update net_tutorial.md * Update net_tutorial.md
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#1942 was merged instead of this PR. |
The net boot instructions are missing the required steps to enable network boot on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and 4. This patch adds these instructions.