[syslinux] gpxelinux and cramfs

[Michael L Martin]

Exactly.

Jeff Sadowski wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Michael L Martin <mmartin at fuzzcat.net> wrote:
>   
>> Everything gets delivered through the same mechanism. I didn't
>> write this code, but I do have to understand how all the pieces work
>> together.
>>
>> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>     
>>> Jeff Sadowski wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:32 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Michael L Martin wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> We're delivering a configuration file that differs by machine.
>>>>>> The fsimage and kernel are the same, of course, but the config
>>>>>> file is unique per machine.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Yes, why are you using a PHP script to deliver the static content?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> He only wants one configuration file, Is my guess. That way he can
>>>> give a file.php file and dynamically draw a file from his http server.
>>>> It does sound complicated though. But a fix is fix sounds like
>>>> everything works now.
>>>> Do you have fixed addresses based on mac addresses? How do you discern
>>>> what computer gets what file?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I understand he wants to use a PHP script for the configuration file, and
>>> that makes sense.
>>>
>>>       
>
> No he has the config file to point to the
> http://httpserver/imagefile.php This way there is only one config
> file. This is starting to make sense to me. The imagefile.php script
> will only output the binary file info depending on the ip address of
> the machine downloading it. This sounds kind of interesting and gives
> me ideas.
>
> I pretty sure you have to put the config file on the tftp server that
> the pxe boot gets its info from and then it can get the gpxelinux.0
> and the unified config file. I could be wrong.
>
>   
>>> Why does he pull the kernel and the initramfs through the PHP script?
>>>
>>>    -hpa
>>>
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