[syslinux] PXElinux by MAC Vendor

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue May 31 05:12:16 PDT 2005


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
> 

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	-hpa




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