[syslinux] PXELINUX keeppxe mem footprint

Moore, Patrick J patrick.moore at imperial.ac.uk
Fri Jun 20 16:45:10 PDT 2003


> If nothing else, you can try comparing my boot disk to your own.

You're using the basic MSClient redirector - I need the full one for domain
logons which needs more RAM. I also use a UK keyboard driver since people
use symbols in their domain passwords. This is enough to swing the balance
unfortunately...

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:patl at users.sourceforge.net] 
Sent: 20 June 2003 22:04
To: Moore, Patrick J
Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXELINUX keeppxe mem footprint


"Moore, Patrick J" <patrick.moore at imperial.ac.uk> writes:

> My question is - do I really need both the UNDI layer and PXE stack to 
> stay resident for this UNDIS3C to function or could I get away with 
> just keeping the UNDI layer?

I believe you need both, because UNDI is built on PXE.

However, my unattended installation system uses exactly this approach
(pxelinux + memdisk + MSCLIENT + winnt.exe), and it works fine.  It supports
both 2k and XP installs:

    http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

If nothing else, you can try comparing my boot disk to your own.  (Or see if
mine works for you; if not, I would like to hear about it.)

 - Pat



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