[syslinux] PXE Linux and EFI....or Intel MACs

[Jacob Alifrangis]

The problem is that we are trying to deploy windows to the new MBPs, so
the apple stuff really isn't going to work.

I need to be able to start syslinux and do the regular RIS/WDS stuff.

-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
Behalf Of Andrew Stuart
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:48 PM
To: For discussion of SYSLINUX and tftp-hpa
Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE Linux and EFI....or Intel MACs


-----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com]
On
> Behalf Of Andrew Stuart
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:29 PM
> To: For discussion of SYSLINUX and tftp-hpa
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] PXE Linux and EFI....or Intel MACs
>
> Jacob Alifrangis wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone gotten PXELinux to work on the Intel Imacs or other EFI
>>     
> Based
>   
>> Systems?
>>
>>   
>>     
> Not I. I haven't had a chance to invest to much time into it though.
>
> One thing I found, with ppc, and early? (haven't tested anything 
> recently) intel machines did not respect the next-server directive. 
> Netbooting wouldn't work at all unless the dhcp server and tftp server

> were running on the same host.
>
> I am still quite interested in getting this working, but I am not a 
> programmer.
>
> -A
>
>   

Jacob Alifrangis wrote:
> That doesn't seem to be the case with the intel Macs,
>
> I believe that the Intel MACs boot code needs to receive a BSDP Packet
> (Boot Service Discovery Protocol). I think that With some trying I can
> get this to work, I'll keep you updated (It's going to involve some
> crafy .net programming though)

Please post at the bottom, it makes reading the digest, etc easier.

To make sure I was clear, it seemed to be an issue with at least the 
earlier firmware on the intel line. I did just test it with a recent mbp

and it worked fine.
Have you got your macs netbooting? If you haven't got that far, I can 
try to dig up some of the information I found / used to be able to 
netboot NetRestore.. but that bypasses syslinux.

-A

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