[syslinux] installing only pxelinux?

Steve Rikli sr at genyosha.net
Fri Nov 1 15:04:53 PDT 2013


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 07:46:34PM +0000, Mattias Schlenker wrote:
> Am 30.10.2013 17:31, schrieb Steve Rikli:
> >But more generally: is copying files from the syslinux
> >distribution into your /tftpboot/ dir still the best recommended
> >way to "install pxelinux"?
> 
> ...
> Yes. A good start might be to use these c32 files (pasted from one
> of my scripts):
> 
>    [ "menu.c32", "vesamenu.c32", "ifcpu.c32", "ifcpu64.c32",
>    "reboot.c32", "chain.c32", "ldlinux.c32", "libutil.c32",
>    "libmenu.c32", "libcom32.c32", "liblua.c32", "libgpl.c32" ]
> 
> Those are for the quite common cases of using ifcpu/ifcpu64 to
> determine special kernels for some CPU types, offering a (graphical)
> menu and being able to either chainload the bootloader of a BIOS
> disk or rebooting...

Thank you Mattias; I think some of that functionality may be more
than I will ultimately need, but your modules list is a very good
place for me to start, and I can always add to it in my own script
later.

Cheers,
sr.


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