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@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 PXE install w multi-boot, btrfs & Libreboot support
 
 Some things are specific to my home network, and uses files with secrets
-that are not in this repo. Uses pxe or pxe-kexec (on libreboot, I have
-not added a pxe rom, I use a minimal debian stable subvolume which acts
-like a pxe rom). I use this for bare metal and vms, and two scripts
-which can run post boot so I use them on vps distributed image as well.
+that are not in this repo. I use this for bare metal and vms, and two
+scripts which can run post boot so I use them on vps distributed image
+as well.
 
 Features people may find useful: installs encrypted trisquel, debian,
 ubuntu, and arch (havne't done recently, probably a bit broken), in a
@@ -12,6 +11,27 @@ multi-boot setup using multiple subvolumes of a single btrfs filesystem.
 Utilizes multiple disks, with scripts to automatically decrypt on
 intentional reboots, but not after shutdown or power loss.
 
+Normal install mode for fai is using pxe, but on a libreboot system,
+there is no pxe. The pxe in a normal computer is nonfree
+firmware. Alternatives to normal pxe that I've tried:
+
+* libreboot + seabios + ipxe
+
+* Use a live cd to call pxe-kexec, this is described later in this file.
+
+* Use the fai autodiscover iso. This is more automated, so nicer.
+
+* Use an install method above to setup a gnu/linux disk partition that
+  coordinates with libreboot grub to acts like a pxe boot using
+  kexec. The boot process takes a bit longer than normal pxe. This is
+  the bootstrap partition in my scripts.
+
+Things I haven't tried:
+
+* The bios chip has enough room for an initrd. This could be setup to
+  work like the partition I use to kexec, but it would be faster, and
+  not require installing to disk.
+
 The partititioning and filesystem script is at
 fai/config/hooks/partition.DEFAULT. Disks are grouped as ssd or hdd and
 raided in raid 1 or raid 0 per configuration. The base partitions are
@@ -43,6 +63,8 @@ Some of the scripts have dependencies for some simple obvious utility
 scripts from https://iankelling.org/git, and of course there are some
 hostnames that are specific to my network.
 
+
+
 All scripts meant to be used directly are listed here:
 
 
@@ -55,7 +77,7 @@ faiserver-uninstall # uninstall fai-server
 faiserver-setup # install fai-server on the current machine
 myfai-chboot # setup fai tftp and nfs. useful for doing pxe-kexec
 pxe-server # disable/enable pxe dhcp, tfp, and nfs. calls myfai-chboot
-wrt-setup-remote  # setup my router in general: dhcp, dns, etc.
+wrt-setup  # setup my router in general: dhcp, dns, etc.
 
 
 # Script to do a distro install
@@ -81,6 +103,7 @@ fai-wrapper # use fai classes outside of fai. sourced, not called.
 faiserver-disable # Disable the fai nfs server exports
 fresize # resize swap or boot partitions in a host
 
+
 # Replacing a raid 10 disk
 
 pxe-server -S HOST fai
@@ -103,8 +126,18 @@ exit
 reboot
 
 
+# Expected output in fai logs
+
+For flidas, when installing systemd, this error happens, and it's
+a superflous upstream bug based on reading the post install script:
+
+addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
+Operation failed: No such file or directory
+
+
+
+# License
 
-License stuff:
 The license for the project is GPLv2 or later, mostly because fai is and
 I periodically merge the upstream example config, which contains small
 scripts. Also, there is a modified encrypt.upstream, which is from the