Syslinux - Aug 2004 - pxelinux with localboot + etherboot

Hi,

[I sent this mail again because my previous mail was rejected by ML
for some reason]

This topic is originally from etherboot ML.

When we specify "localboot" for pxelinux loaded from etherboot,
this option doesn't work( it doesn't boot from local harddrive ).
pxelinux returns to PXE with localboot return code but
etherboot doesn't check it.

I was trying to change etherboot side but I gave up fixing etherboot :->
(I'm not good at x86 asm)
So I simply replaced pxelinux local_boot: with isolinux's one
with a little bit modification. it worked.

I think that it may be better if pxelinux.cfg also allows to
specify local drive number
like "localboot 0x80" as well as "localboot 0".

Is this good idea or not?

Thanks,
Kaz

Kazutomo Yoshii wrote:
> 
> Is this good idea or not?
> 
Not.  The environment PXELINUX boots in is different, and this is not 
desirable; in fact it's quite important to be able to "boot next",
since
on many PXE stacks it's the ONLY way to clear memory.

If you want ISOLINUX' behaviour please use chain.c32.

	-hpa