Syslinux - Aug 2002 - (no subject)

Hi,

I am using PXELinux to boot my workstations in MS-DOS :-) mode (using memdisk)
and then I start winnt.exe to install Windows 2000. I was wondering if it is
possible to hide some of the extensive information being printed during the
initilisation process. I tried to use the graphical splash screen but it only
shows up for a very short time. What about implementing some sort of delay in
the display format.

Another great feature would be to support supplying the Default kernel options
through the extended PXE tags. I wrote my own PXE server which provides the
extended tags to the PXE client and I would like to specify the bootfile there.

Moreover I would be happy to see a possibility to pass through custom PXE
options. The only difficulty I see is how to get them into the operating system
environment. (In my case DOS) Can RAM-Disk images be accessed before they are
booted? If yes an init-file could be written to the ram-disk image.

BTW, you've done a great job!

Regards,

Bernd Holz
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Holz, Bernd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using PXELinux to boot my workstations in MS-DOS :-) mode (using
memdisk) and then I start winnt.exe to install Windows 2000. I was wondering if
it is possible to hide some of the extensive information being printed during
the initilisation process. I tried to use the graphical splash screen but it
only shows up for a very short time. What about implementing some sort of delay
in the display format.
> 
Just do "prompt" and "timeout".
> 
> Another great feature would be to support supplying the Default kernel
options through the extended PXE tags.
>
That's what the config file is for.  I don't particularly want to
support more than one configuration method.

 I wrote my own PXE server which provides the extended tags to the PXE
client and I would like to specify the bootfile there.
> 
> Moreover I would be happy to see a possibility to pass through custom PXE
options. The only difficulty I see is how to get them into the operating system
environment. (In my case DOS) Can RAM-Disk images be accessed before they are
booted? If yes an init-file could be written to the ram-disk image.
That's not practical.

	-hpa