[syslinux] Can PXElinux be used to dynamically pass DHCP option 252 to a PXE client?

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sun Mar 7 18:23:57 PST 2010


On 03/07/2010 03:58 PM, Michael Brown wrote:
> On Sunday 07 Mar 2010 17:17:36 Martijn Olivier Tigchelaar wrote:
>> So hmm - Can this be done? Can PXElinux be used to dynamically pass DHCP
>>   option 252 to a PXE client based on for example menu choices?
>
> Not strictly an answer to your question, but if you're using gpxelinux.0 then
> you could issue something equivalent to "set net0/252.string
> \path\to\BCD\file", which would cause the gPXE part to include option 252
> within the (always artificially constructed) DHCP reply.  That should work,
> though there may be an easier way to do it.
>

The other option is to use pxechain.com.

	-hpa




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