Hi Yadin,

You can use syslinux on a flash drive to load gPXE:

   http://etherboot.org/wiki/syslinux

gpxe.lkrn can be loaded like a kernel by syslinux, and this should give you
a bootable USB flash drive that will boot gPXE.

Syslinux is quite robust when booting and loading OSes, so this might work
better for you.

In case you might also find it interesting, here is a method for creating
boot floppy image for gPXE:

    http://etherboot.org/wiki/soc/2008/stefanha/journal/week4

Let us know how things go.

Best Regards,

/ Marty /


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Yadin Flammer <y...@psu.edu> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I've been trying to get gpxe to boot from a USB drive, and even an
> internal hard drive, but no luck.  Using the ISO for a CD works perfectly,
> but a USB key would be much more convenient.  The .usb and .dsk files that
> download appear to be corrupt every time as no application can open them
> (winimage says they are corrupt), or the contents when dd to a disk under
> linux are corrupt.  Copying the contents of the .iso to a USB drive or
> internal HD does not result in a bootable system regardless of the format
> or setup of the drive.
>
> Has anyone managed to make a bootable USB key or internal drive with the
> gpxe environment and if so precisely how?
>
> Thanks!
> Yadin
>
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