[syslinux] [Etherboot-developers] PXELINUX, pxechain.com and Etherboot

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Sat May 16 02:41:54 PDT 2009


Op 20090515 om 08:38 schreef Joyce Yu:
> On 05/13/09 10:16 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> Op 20090513 om 23:00 schreef Michael Brown:
>>   
>>> On Wednesday 13 May 2009 22:38:37 Joyce Yu wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Do you know where is the fixes in the gPXE? How should I port it to the
>>>> Etherboot?
>>>>       
>>> The relevant code portion in gPXE is completely rewritten from the 
>>> relevant code in Etherboot.  There is no way to backport this fix; 
>>> there is no common code to patch.
>>>     
>>
>> A workaround to the original problem is
>>
>>   Keep all the network interface cards with the Etherboot EPROMs
>>
>>   Configure the DHCP server so that
>>
>>      Etherboot fetches and starts gPXE
>>
>>      gPXE fetches and starts pxechain.com
>>   
> Can I some details on this?

It is http://etherboot.org/wiki/pxechaining that I was thinking about.


Cheers
Geert Stappers




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