[syslinux] PXElinux by MAC Vendor

[Herman Borrelli]

Thanks Peter, that worked.

Just one question, It slowed the tftp portion of PXE
noticeably?  Is this normal or do i have a
configuration problem?

Thanks for your time....Herman

--- "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:

> Herman Borrelli wrote:
> > Just woncering if there is a way to have PXELinux
> > provide a config file based on the MAC vendor, ie.
> 
> > the first 6 characters of the MAC.
> > 
> > I have Pxelinux running (Thank-you BTW) quite well
> at
> > the moment.  
> > 
> > But I have a new project that requires a different
> > boot image.  At the moment the endusers are typing
> the
> > boot option at the prompt.  I have tested the MAC
> > configuration and it will work for a single
> Terminal. 
> > But I have anywhere from 10 to 100 terminals
> connected
> > at a given time. Since all these PCs have the same
> NIC
> > I was hoping to load the config using some wild
> card
> > options for the config file?? Something like
> > 01-00-00-03* ??
> > 
> > Thanx for your time.......Herman
> > 
> 
> If you're using tftp-hpa, use a rewriting rule.
> 
> 	-hpa

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