[syslinux] [Slightly Off-topic] PXE question

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Aug 14 12:37:10 PDT 2003


sardaukar siet wrote:
>  Hello!
> 
> I am considering proposing my college's staff the
> usage of PXELinux, to replace the commercial
> alternative (Rembo). My question is, can PXE boot
> images be compressed? If so, how? Because a Windows
> 2000 boot image is already big, but with no
> compression... it kinda makes it unusable.
> 
>  Thank you for your time and attention! Best regards,
> 

It depends on what NBP you use.  If you're using PXELINUX+MEMDISK, then
the MEMDISK image can be compressed.  If you're using something else,
then it's up to that particular combination of programs.

	-hpa




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