[syslinux] keeppxe and using a linux vmlinuz/initrd

Andreas Kotes count-linux at flatline.de
Thu Feb 21 12:35:39 PST 2008


Hello cdm,

* Maestas, Christopher Daniel <cdmaest at sandia.gov> [20080221 20:10]:
> Has anyone thought about how one could use the "keeppxe" option with a vmlinuz/initrd?
> 
> It would allow one to boot this combination, and if possible the linux kernel/initrd (assuming we have busybox in there) would not have to run udhcp and instead leverage what pxe stack information is loaded.  The problem is I don't know of any PXE/UNDI linux utilities to look at the pxe information.  I'm curious how a dos image accesses this information.
> 
> Thanks for any insight and sorry if I'm way off base in thinking of being able to use keeppxe.

if figure what you're searching is something like IPAPPEND, but please
see hpa's comments on this on http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php

Br,

   Andreas

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