[syslinux] PXE Linux boot to F12 automatically

[H. Peter Anvin]

Dag Wieers wrote:
> 
> Your original question boiled down to:
> 
>      The one problem I face is that you should press F12 to boot from
>      network, if you don't -  the system must continue to boot from the
>      next boot device. This is not what happens to me with PXELinux 3.72, I
>      don't press F12 and the system still boots fromnetwork.
> 
> And the answer someone already gave was that selecting the boot device 
> using F12 is functionality from the BIOS, not from pxelinux. As soon as 
> you are in pxelinux, the BIOS has already booted from the network.
> 

Now, I think Micro$oft has a PXE boot program which basically mimics 
that behaviour -- if it boots off the network, it gives you some time to 
press F12 and otherwise boots the local disk.

Personally, I think vesamenu with a timeout (and possibly the hidden 
option) is a lot nicer...

	-hpa