diff --git a/docs/platform-packet.md b/docs/platform-packet.md index cb5fa93bd..32943ff71 100644 --- a/docs/platform-packet.md +++ b/docs/platform-packet.md @@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ with appropriate read/write permissions to allow the image to boot. [create a Packet account]:https://app.packet.net/#/registration/ [create an API key]:https://help.packet.net/quick-start/api-integrations -Linuxkit is known to boot on the [Type 0] server at Packet. +Linuxkit is known to boot on the [Type 0] +and [Type 1] servers at Packet. Support for other server types, including the [Type 2A] ARM server, is a work in progress. [Type 0]:https://www.packet.net/bare-metal/servers/type-0/ +[Type 1]:https://www.packet.net/bare-metal/servers/type-1/ [Type 2A]:https://www.packet.net/bare-metal/servers/type-2a/ ## Boot @@ -67,6 +69,14 @@ At this moment the Linuxkit server boots from RAM, with no persistent storage and there is no code that mounts disks. As a result, when the Linuxkit image reboots, all is lost. +Packet supports a [persistent iPXE] mode through its API +which would allow a server to come back up after a reboot +and re-start the PXE process. This is great for testing your +provisioning scripts. This is not yet available directly +through Linuxkit. + +[persistent iPXE]:https://help.packet.net/technical/infrastructure/custom-ipxe + ## Networking Some Packet server types have bonded networks; the current code does