Thomas Bächler <[email protected]> on Thu, 2013/01/31 13:14: > Am 31.01.2013 12:01, schrieb Christian Hesse: > > The "Arch Linux Netboot Live System" [0] allows to boot Arch Linux install > > media directly from internet. At the moment the iPXE image chainloads a > > syslinux image providing a graphical menu. The culprit is loading kernel > > and initramfs from WAN - tftp is horribly slow if latency increases. > > We use HTTP exclusively, no TFTP at all. Slowness in the transfer may be > due to the iPXE network driver performance. > > > My suggestion is to drop syslinux completely and just use iPXE. Latest > > development releases from git do have a menu system [1] and iPXE itself is > > capable of loading kernel and initramfs via http (or https or whatever you > > prefer), decreasing boot time dramatically. > > We would need to port all config files to iPXE. I am rather comfortable > with the syslinux syntax and we use similar configurations as the CD. > > Other than more maintenance effort for me, I do not see an advantage in > using iPXE over pxelinux.
Uh, you are right...
pxelinux output flashed by too fast and I hit a very slow mirror I think. So
sorry for the noise, anything is just fine. ;)
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