Also known as gpxe it seems. I built it which now builds the files for floppy, usb stick, and CD.iso's (and maybe others) in one pass. The floppy one would not make a usable floppy, but the .iso made a working CD. I've only tried it in one machine but it worked nicely. Due to another issue with the PXE server itself, I won't pursue ths further at this time. I will start another thread on that issue.
Thanks for your help. I will be using this in the future. Larry On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Paul Mooring <drpppr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've used this: http://etherboot.org/wiki/index.php as a work around > in the past to use a bootable CD or usb drive, to integrate with my > pxe boot environments, it doesn't really add pxe boot because the > system boots off of some other type of media, but it at least lets you > use the hardware you have. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Stephen <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think there are some other protocols, but im hazy on it. > > > > as for adding it find a nic that supports pxe boot. (i think) > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Dazed_75 <lthiels...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've built my second PXE boot server and wanted to test the various > boots. > >> So far I have found only two of my machines that support PXE booting and > I > >> do not wish to disturb them. I've tested 7 other machines that seem to > have > >> no such ability. One of them shows in BIOS that you can include the LAN > as > >> a boot device but it does not seem to use the PXE boot of the PXE server > >> that is giving it its IP address with DHCP. Since that works for > another > >> machine plugged into the same switch, I conclude that it expects some > other > >> protocol for booting from the net. > >> > >> 1) Does anyone know a way to ADD the ability to a machine to PXE boot > from > >> the LAN (e.g. adding some ethernet card)? > >> 2) Are there network boot protocols other than PXE? > >> > >> -- > >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > >> > >> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain > occasions, > >> that I wish it always to be kept alive. > >> - Thomas Jefferson > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson
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