Syslinux - Jun 2002 - pxelinux and image selection?

Hi!

I've been working with pxelinux for quite some time now, and I'd like to
use PXE and a simple kind of selection menu (like syslinux does).

But I couldn't get it to work. I can enter several "label"
sections to
my pxelinux.cfg/<something> but it'll never ask, just boot the
first/default one ...

Is this currently supported at all? Or did I miss something?

Ciao,
  Marcel

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Marcel Ritter
Linux Betreuer
Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen
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Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.

Marcel Ritter wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've been working with pxelinux for quite some time now, and I'd
like to
> use PXE and a simple kind of selection menu (like syslinux does).
> 
> But I couldn't get it to work. I can enter several "label"
sections to
> my pxelinux.cfg/<something> but it'll never ask, just boot the
> first/default one ...
> 
> Is this currently supported at all? Or did I miss something?
> 
SYSLINUX currently has no menu support.

	-hpa

Hi,

Marcel Ritter <Marcel.Ritter at rrze.uni-erlangen.de> schrieb am 07.06.02
02:49:13:
> I've been working with pxelinux for quite some time now, and I'd
like to
> use PXE and a simple kind of selection menu (like syslinux does).
> 
> But I couldn't get it to work. I can enter several "label"
sections to
> my pxelinux.cfg/<something> but it'll never ask, just boot the
> first/default one ...
> 
> Is this currently supported at all? Or did I miss something?
which version of syslinux are you using for the boot menu? Is this a special
version?
E.g. Suse is using a highly patched version of syslinux.

AFAIK there's nothing like a 'menu' in syslinux, only the possiblity
to have some
'boot:'-prompt and to display some boot image (which can have some
instructions
on what to do here). The same is possible with pxelinux.

Regards,

Josef

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Marcel Ritter wrote:
> 
> That's all I ever dreamed of :-)
> 
> I'm afraid to ask - but what's it current status?
> 
Download a prerelease and look for yourself :)

	-hpa