[syslinux] Booting ISO images over PXE
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Tue Oct 2 17:57:42 PDT 2007
Andrew Stuart wrote:
> Extract the boot sector from the ISO? Typically the image is a 2.88
> floppy image, which you can then load with memdisk. And to clarify,
> 'Typically' is the iso images that use [Free/MS/PC/etc]-DOS. Typically
> is also from my experience with my vendors, so that may not work for you.
>
> I believe you can use WinImage to do this, I think Nero can as well.
> isobuster is another popular choice. Of course these are all Windows
> products.
Yes, if the ISO is used to merely carry a disk image, then just extract
it and boot it directly with memdisk; problem solved.
-hpa
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