https://github.com/wentasah/novaboot

A tool that automates booting of operating systems on target hardware or in qemu
https://github.com/wentasah/novaboot

automation bootloader embedded-systems linux-kernel pxe tftp u-boot

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A tool that automates booting of operating systems on target hardware or in qemu

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wentasah/novaboot
• Owner: wentasah
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2013-10-15T07:41:13.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-29T14:23:35.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-13T04:50:22.729Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: automation, bootloader, embedded-systems, linux-kernel, pxe, tftp, u-boot
• Language: Perl
• Homepage:
• Size: 971 KB
• Stars: 38
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# Novaboot

Novaboot is a tool that automates booting of operating systems on

target hardware (typically embedded boards) or in Qemu. Initially, it

was developed to boot [NOVA Microhypervisor](http://hypervisor.org/)

(hence the name), but nowadays is well suited for booting

[Linux](https://www.kernel.org/) (and perhaps other OSes) too.

## Instalation

The simplest way to install novaboot is to install `perl` and its

packages `IO-Stty` and `Expect` and copy the

[novaboot](novaboot) script somewhere to your $PATH.

You can also install everything (including man pages) by:

    make install

To install the optional server part (see below), run:

    make -C server install

## Documentation

Novaboot can be used in variety of setups. Most typical ones are

depicted in the figure below.

![Possible novaboot setups](doc/typical-setups.svg?raw=true "Title")

The setups are fully described in the [documentation](./README.pod),

but in short: Setup A is for power users, who can configure everything

themselves, whereas setup C is useful for students, who just want to

access the target device with as little configuration on their side as

possible.

### Client side

- novaboot [documentation](./README.pod)

### Server-side (optional, needed only by server administrators for setup C)

- [novaboot-shell](server/novaboot-shell.pod)

- [adduser-novaboot](server/adduser-novaboot.pod)

### Hardware guides

- [Raspberry Pi](./doc/README.rpi.md) (work-in-progress)