[syslinux] Password protection

[Wout Mertens]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Josef Siemes wrote:

> strange at nsk.no-ip.org schrieb am 24.06.03 14:08:26:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 01:47:41PM +0200, Wout Mertens wrote:
> > > grub has it, but grub doesn't have PXE, and I think it is entirely
> > > non-trivial to get it to work with PXE. But their implementation is very
> > > nice.
> >
> >    "GRUB provides two second stage images, `nbgrub' and `pxegrub' (*note
> > Images::). Those images are the same as the normal Stage 2, except that
> > they set up a network automatically, and try to load a configuration
> > file from the network, if specified. The usage is very simple: If the
> > machine has a PXE ROM, use `pxegrub'. If the machine has a NBI loader
> > such as Etherboot, use `nbgrub'"
>
> Jep, but this is the etherboot way to boot your client: Using tagged images
> instead of config file / kernel / initrd. For a pxelinux user this is for sure
> 'non-trivial', at least it's completely different.

Not only that, pxegrub doesn't actually use the PXE API. You need to
figure out what system you are PXE booting on, and then include the
etherboot drivers for your system in the pxegrub image. Not simple, if you
don't know what is going to be connected...

Wout.