[syslinux] syslinux tool for Win2k and 'safeboot' option

[Ole Hansen]

Hello

I think I expressed myself badly.

I wnated to upload a newkernel/initrd via network and then use syslinux to
boot from flash.

best regards

ole at danelec.dk

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:patl at curl.com]
> Sent: 26. oktober 2002 16:45
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] syslinux tool for Win2k and 'safeboot' option
> 
> 
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:
> 
> > There *is* one way you could do it, but it would involve server-side
> > hacking (and thus is beyond the scope of pxelinux, but 
> perhaps something
> > to consider for tftp-hpa):
> > 
> > When the client requests a configuration file, give it the standard
> > configuration file and change a setting on the server so 
> that the next
> > request will give a different -- the "safeboot" configuration file.
> 
> Wouldn't this be fundamentally flaky, since TFTP is not a reliable
> protocol?  That is, the client could request the file, then the server
> would send it, then the client might request it again because a packet
> got dropped?
> 
> If so, it is probably not even worth adding.  Better to use TCP to
> communicate with the server after the client has booted...
> 
>  - Pat
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