[syslinux] tftp replacment

[Geert Stappers]

Op 21-07-2008 om 18:58 schreef Geert Stappers:
> Op 21-07-2008 om 17:39 schreef Doron Fediuk:
> > Hi all,
> > I have a running network boot setup using opensuse 11.0.
> > Recently we found that in some remote segments, downloading the initrd and 
> > vmlinuz takes a long time.
> > 
> > My question is, weather it's possible to replace tftp with some other protocol 
> > such as HTTP or similar ? This may be done by the pxelinux client after it's 
> > been loaded using the standard tftp. In this way both initrd and vmlinuz will 
> > be downloaded faster.
> 
> Yes, that is possible. You need version 3.70
> 
> > Thanks !
> > Doron
> > 
> > P.S.
> > I saw something about gPXE, but couldn't find proper documentation.
> 
> It is  gpxelinux.0 that you are looking for.

Oops, forgot an important thing:
You need to set DHCP options pxelinux.configfile and pxelinux.pathprefix
so gpxelinux.0 knows to switch to HTTP.
See http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#Can_I_send_information_to_PXELINUX_via_special_options_in_the_DHCP_response.3F
for more information.


Cheers
Geert Stappers