[syslinux] Booting a complete CD iso image via PXE: SystemRescueCD

[H. Peter Anvin]

Dirk Thierbach wrote:
> 
> While some mails in the archive point out that it is not possible to
> just take a CD iso image and boot it over PXE, it *is* possible to
> boot over PXE and the download the rest of the image into RAM over
> ethernet. SystemRescueCD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page) is a CD
> image that does exactly that. Moreover, one can just boot the CD on
> one computer and then setup that computer as PXE boot-server with a
> simple script. A second computer (without CD, but connected to the
> first computer) can then boot over PXE from the first computer into
> exactly the same image that is on the CD, if there's enough RAM.
> 

It's not possible *IN GENERAL*.  A distro can easily make itself
PXE-bootable, of course.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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