[syslinux] Etherboot vs. PXE-Linux

[William Park]

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 05:32:13PM +0200, Klerlein, Thorsten wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I do not know if it has to do with my english knowledge, but I tried several
> times to understand the difference beetween Etherboot and PXE-Linux.
> 
> I know that Etherboot can be put on a Nic's ROM, but for what on h*ll then
> is the Etherboot floppy for?
> 
> Please, could someone explain me stupid person these things? Thanks a lot.

Etherboot is old project.  PXELinux is newer which, in most cases,
supercedes Etherboot.

-- 
William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
Linux solution/training/migration, Thin-client