[syslinux] Re: PXE-on-a-disk Intel EM64T reboot

[H. Peter Anvin]

Josh Lehan wrote:
> 
> I'd love something like that for ethersel.c, perhaps a "None Of The 
> Above" option.  Right now, it either detects the PCI card, or fails to 
> boot.
> 
> Is there a way to designate a fallback command line that ethersel will 
> follow, in the event of detection failing for every PCI device?  That's 
> a good idea that I also wanted to try: building a driver with as many 
> old ISA drivers as possible, if PCI autodetection fails to find a 
> supported PCI card.
> 

Shouldn't be hard to add.

> 
> To my knowledge, the standard PC chain-boot technique offers no way to 
> "return" from Etherboot back into SYSLINUX, allowing ethersel.c to try a 
> different card.  So, by building a few large Etherboot kernels instead 
> of many small ones, we at least have the chance of working with a group 
> of drivers, instead of only one driver.
> 

I think Etherboot can be compiled as a COMBOOT module (.com); if so, it 
certainly could return to syslinux.

	-hpa