[syslinux] COM32 and network access
Luis.F.Correia
Luis.F.Correia at seg-social.pt
Wed May 7 07:47:17 PDT 2008
Hi!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com
> [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of H. Peter Anvin
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:42 PM
> To: For discussion of SYSLINUX and tftp-hpa
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] COM32 and network access
>
> Luis.F.Correia wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > i'm kinda investigating the possibility of using COM32 to manage an
> > in-house installation method.
> >
> > For this to work, we need to have network access (HTTP
> preferred) from
> > within COM32 itself. That or any kind of query/response type of
> > network access.
> >
> > This is an example of what we could use:
> > GET /somewhere/blah.asp?MACHINE=THIS
> > and parse the response from the server.
> >
> > We're completely open to all kinds of technology, as long
> as it fits
> > our goal
>
> With gpxelinux.0 you can do HTTP access simply by opening a
> http:// URL; it gets turned into a GET request.
>
> -hpa
And this is still in development, right?
I got the GIT repo, but my git skills make me unable to switch
to the gpxe- branches :)
But I'm willing to test the gpxe branch, tell me how.
Luis Correia
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