Syslinux - May 2003 - looking for info using memdisk to load an image via pxe

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Hi again...
> i have a computer with pxe support.
> so far, i can load a .img from a cdrom using memdisk.
> now, i would like to try to get the .img from the network.
There is no problem to that: Simply configure PXELINUX accordingly. We
at some time did the same using Memdisk and a 250Mb disk image... (lots
of dots, but it worked)
The only thing to say is that the file gets transferred via TFTP this
way. I don't know how badly tftp can behave...
> entire PXE stack, including the UNDI driver, still resident in memory"
> > i cannot find more info on the website or on the internet at large.
> has anybody done this. can you share a few details.
That I didn't do, but I do know about a 3com universal Undi Ndis driver.
 I don't think that it is freely available (but since it seems to be
discontinued, you might get a hold of it somewhere)
That one can be used together with LanManger- or MS-Client to "mount"
a
SMB Network-share. Performance will rather be bad, and as I said, I
never tried to get the driver or even get it to work...

I'd say that transferring the Image via TFTP (done automatically by
PXELINUX) is the easiest approach.
> also, please keep in mind that i am booting mswindows98 via memdisk.
What Memdisk image you boot doesn't matter. If you use Memdisk and <some
working image> it should work. If it doesn't then this is your place to
ask...

bye
Christian


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