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

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

"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