Syslinux - May 2005 - Transform a normal boot on a network boot

Hello, there is a transparent and standard way to boot from the network, a
media  that is bootable (cdrom, floppies) ?  It is possible to interpret the
standard boot sector and use a network boot loader such as pxelinux or
other, to tell where to find, and the proper way to load the correct files
from the tftp server ?



An example would be appreciated using "common" boot disks, for example
the
dos boot floppy obtained with format a: /s and the windows 2000 cdrom.



Thank you in advance.

>Hello, there is a transparent and standard way to boot from the network,
>a media  that is bootable (cdrom, floppies) ?
Well, is this a question or a statement?
>It is possible to interpret the
>standard boot sector and use a network boot loader such as pxelinux or
>other, to tell where to find, and the proper way to load the correct files
>from the tftp server ?
You cannot use PXELINUX on a "hard disk boot sector", but probably
others.

Or you can use LILO/GRUB/whatever, use a kernel stored on the local harddisk 
and start the netboot stage after the kernel has come up, i.e.  by using 
ip=dhcp, nfsroot= options.
>An example would be appreciated using "common" boot disks, for
example the
>dos boot floppy obtained with format a: /s and the windows 2000 cdrom.
Etherboot, NILO, and a ton of others - you could try out; but they are all so 
old and unmaintained, since nowadays (almost) everyone has PXE on their 
network cards.


Jan Engelhardt
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> 
> An example would be appreciated using "common" boot disks, for
example the
> dos boot floppy obtained with format a: /s and the windows 2000 cdrom.
Is there a wiki or something like that where I could submit some of my configs?

Carl K