[syslinux] Introducing a new com32 module : HDT
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Mar 13 11:07:10 PDT 2009
Pierre-Alexandre Meyer wrote:
> On Friday 13 March 2009 à 06:59:40AM, Erwan wrote:
>> That usually implies not having network (isolinux) or running a non serial
>> capable device (laptop, desktop)
>> I mean by non serial capable a device that doesn't have a physical serial
>> port or that users will not connect to another machine to dump the serial
>> port.
>
> Note: USB dongles are cheap these days if you don't have a serial port.
>
USB serial is not the same thing as UART serial. USB serial dongles
require a USB stack and a driver.
>> 2: user is running hdt on a remote host
>> In that configuration, we can have usually pxelinux, gpxelinux or a serial
>> capable system (server).
>> In such configuration, we can imagine storing file on a remote protocol
>> (tftp,http) but at least from now, that requires gpxe which isn't that
>> common.
>
> What about remote access via ethernet (netconsole)? Is that possible?
Yes, but TFTP would be easier.
-hpa
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