[syslinux] pxelinux 4.10 pre17 http:// on VMware works now

Thu Dec 29 07:15:23 PST 2011

Hi,

for the "ls" the HTTP request is "GET /boot/." (my TFTP prefix is
http://<host>/boot/),
the resulting HTML from Apache (unmodified standard mod_dir) looks like
this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
<html>
 <head>
  <title>Index of /boot</title>
 </head>
 <body>
<h1>Index of /boot</h1>
<table><tr><th><img src="/icons/blank.gif" alt="[ICO]"></th><th><a
href="?C=N;O=D">Name</a></th><th><a href="?C=M;O=A">Last
modified</a></th><th><a href="?C=S;O=A">Size</a></th><th><a
href="?C=D;O=A">Description</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="5"><hr></th></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/back.gif" alt="[DIR]"></td><td><a
href="/">Parent Directory</a></td><td> </td><td align="right">  -
</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="bfo.lkrn">bfo.lkrn</a></td><td align="right">24-Aug-2010 19:44
 </td><td align="right">302K</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="bfo.out">bfo.out</a></td><td align="right">12-Jul-2011 16:39
 </td><td align="right">  0 </td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/folder.gif" alt="[DIR]"></td><td><a
href="bin/">bin/</a></td><td align="right">29-Dec-2011 12:46  </td><td
align="right">  - </td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="datacenter.ipxe">datacenter.ipxe</a></td><td
align="right">09-Dec-2011 14:39  </td><td
align="right">2.1K</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="datacenter.ipxe.save">datacenter.ipxe.save</a></td><td
align="right">02-Dec-2011 10:26  </td><td
align="right">1.4K</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="dev4003-boot.flp">dev4003-boot.flp</a></td><td
align="right">28-Jun-2011 17:55  </td><td
align="right">305K</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="dev4003-boot.iso">dev4003-boot.iso</a></td><td
align="right">28-Jun-2011 17:55  </td><td
align="right">676K</td><td> </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><img src="/icons/unknown.gif" alt="[   ]"></td><td><a
href="dev4003-boot.usb">dev4003-boot.usb</a></td><td
align="right">28-Jun-2011 17:55  </td><td
align="right">336K</td><td> </td></tr>

If I try a "ls -l" then the result looks like this:

dr-xr-xr-x     0     bfo.lkrn
dr-xr-xr-x     0     bfo.out
dr-xr-xr-x     0     bin

and the server log shows me that rosh does a GET on each file there. bin is
a directory, bfo* are files. This is already very usable (as it allows a
little exploration) and I can understand if it is technically unfeasable to
fix the "ls -l" listing.

Kind Regards,
Schlomo
On 29 December 2011 14:50, Andrew Bobulsky <rulerof at gmail.com> wrote:

> (regarding the use of ls and pwd from rosh)
>
> ....really?  That bears striking resemblance to many situations I
> would so cavalierly describe as a solid "epic win."  Anything special
> on the server side needed to support that, or just enabling directory
> browsing?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew Bobulsky
>
> On Dec 29, 2011, at 6:35 AM, Schlomo Schapiro <schlomo at schapiro.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I finally managed to test pxelinux 4.10 pre17 in our VMware environment
> and
> > can report that HTTP booting seems to work reliably now. Downloads are
> > fairly fast.
> >
> > As a side note, rosh "ls" and "pwd" commands now work as expected with a
> > HTTP TFTP prefix, cool!
> >
> > I'll leave it in production use now and report about any further issues.
> >
> > Can you already tell when a 4.10 release will be out? What do you need in
> > order to release 4.10?
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Schlomo
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