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Hi, I've been looking at the pxelinux code and I was wondering a couple of things: 1) Why does pxelinux create UDP packets from scratch instead of use the Intel PXE TFTP OPEN/CLOSE/READ calls? I'm assuming this is to support TFTP options like tsize right? Did earlier versions of pxelinux use the TFTP calls directly? 2) How big of an image can pxelinux download (minus memory

Hi folks, I'm new to the list so forgive me if this topic has already been explained in great detail. I'm trying to understand how an image gets booted from an EL-TORITO compabatible CD-ROM, so I have some general questions: 1) Is there a limit of how big the boot image can be? In the Initial/Default entry I see a "Sector Count" which is only a word long in length. Does

Hi, I am mucking around with the pxelinux code for S&G's and I have a generic question about the pxe calling convention: Does the parameter structure and opcode HAVE to be passed onto the stack the PXE BIOS passed in when the pxelinux binary is executed at 0:7C00? The PXE spec says: "SS:SP is to contain the address of the beginning of the unused portion of the PXE services