[syslinux] PXE Linux and EFI....or Intel MACs
Andrew Stuart
andrew at shopcusa.com
Mon Jan 21 17:34:59 PST 2008
Jacob Alifrangis wrote:
> Apple has a BCM (BIOS Compatibility Module) in its Firmware, so you can
> boot a regular X86 Operating system just fine from CD or HDD, what you
> cannot do however, is boot from LAN in the BCM.
>
> Partly because there is no PXE Undi Code in the BCM and partly because
> Etherboot (Rom-O-Matic.net) does not support the Marvell Yukon Chipsets.
>
> The problem is that Netrestore and Netboot for that matter need to be
> running on a MAC or OSX Server for that matter. I'm not going to buy a
> mac server OS (Don't want to manage it) and I'm not going to buy a mini
> for the sake of doing netrestore.
>
> Netrestore is free and open source, so maybe I can pick out the good
> bits and hack something up to get pxelinux working.
>
Interesting, I will need to check out the BCM
The later part of your statement isn't 'true'. And that is part of what
I was trying to ask earlier, but wasn't clear on.
I can netboot my ppc/intel machines fine, from FreeBSD, and tftp32. I
can at least boot the NetRestore image just fine. I also had some
success with other loaders, but I didn't get to complete that work.
If you would like, I can try to digg up some of the links I found / my
working config, if that will help.
-A
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