[syslinux] PXE-Linux like default configuration file selection with syslinux?

[Ferenc Wagner]

Sven Geggus via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> writes:

> when booting via pxelinux I can change the image to be booted based on
> client uuid, and MAC-Adresses.
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#Configuration
>
> Now when using syslinux I would like to be able to also do this as I like to
> use one usb flash-drive for booting multiple machines.
>
> Is this possible or impossible by design because syslinux always uses
> syslinux.cfg?

It's possible in a different way.  You can extract DMI information (like
the system UUID) with Lua and implement conditional behaviour based on
that.  See http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Lua.c32 for example.
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Regards,
Feri.