Syslinux - Aug 2002 - Is it possible to boot a CD-Image of a bootable CD (no disk emu) via pxe

Hello Peter,

is it possible to boot a CD-Image of a bootable CD (no disk emu) via pxe.

I've build up the infrastructure to boot normal floppy images via PXE
(under W2K and/or Netware).
I have a ISO image of the bootable CD (1 tack TAO eltorinto with an a
single boot sect -> bootimage is 2kB, ISO image about 600 MB)

I suspect that a combination of MEMDISK and PXELINUX with activated UNDI
support will be needed MEMDISK may be the Kernel and the ISO image will be
the initial RAMDISK.

Do I need a bootsector from the CD and how do I get it (I know the LBA
Adress). Do I need other thing.


It would be nice if you have a clue how to do.

Yours sincerely

Peter Leenders

E-mail: Peter.Leenders at gecits-eu.com

Peter.Leenders at gecits-eu.com wrote:
> Hello Peter,
> 
> is it possible to boot a CD-Image of a bootable CD (no disk emu) via pxe.
> 
> I've build up the infrastructure to boot normal floppy images via PXE
> (under W2K and/or Netware).
> I have a ISO image of the bootable CD (1 tack TAO eltorinto with an a
> single boot sect -> bootimage is 2kB, ISO image about 600 MB)
> 
> I suspect that a combination of MEMDISK and PXELINUX with activated UNDI
> support will be needed MEMDISK may be the Kernel and the ISO image will be
> the initial RAMDISK.
> 
> Do I need a bootsector from the CD and how do I get it (I know the LBA
> Adress). Do I need other thing.
> 
> It would be nice if you have a clue how to do.
> 
You have to start by rewriting MEMDISK to support an El Torito emulation
-- MEMDISK simulates a floppy or hard drive, but a CD-ROM is *totally*
different.  It's a bigger project than MEMDISK was in the first place.

	-hpa