Hello, Is there any possibility pxelinux could have the ability to pull its kernel/ramdisk/disk images/etc via http instead of tftp? I would really like the ability to pxe boot a machine, have it tftp pxelinux and its config file. Then, all the files listed in the config file are pulled via http. Michael Disclaimer: The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter.
Michael Blandford wrote:> Hello, > > Is there any possibility pxelinux could have the ability to pull its > kernel/ramdisk/disk images/etc via http instead of tftp?No. The in-ROM PXE stack only provides UDP service, not TCP or even raw IP service. -hpa
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 14:18, Michael Blandford wrote:> Is there any possibility pxelinux could have the ability to pull its > kernel/ramdisk/disk images/etc via http instead of tftp?Michael There is some experimental support in Etherboot for http and domain name resolution. Although, if you are downloading pxelinux the fact that etherboot can do that is negated because you will use the pxelinux download engine.> I would really like the ability to pxe boot a machine, have it tftp > pxelinux and its config file. Then, all the files listed in the config > file are pulled via http.If you use mknbi tagged kernels, it would be possible to just get the files directly with Etherboot. I believe http/tcp in etherboot is not efficient yet, but it would be possible. A far more ambitious project might involve a version of pxelinux that could use Etherboot's undi support (recent 5.3) as the download engine. That could give you the support for all of Etherboot's native functionality including http. Of course, that would require work to both pxelinux and Etherboot. (Peter slap me if this idea is just plain silly). Tim
If you look at your mymenu.c, there is a line which goes like "if (curr->action ==OPT_EXIT) return 0" You could just replace it with if (curr->action == OPT_EXIT) runcommand(curr->data) where the curr->data has the name of .com file to execute. - Murali Aaron McSorley wrote:> I want to make a menu system consisting of multiple >comboot menu files, how do tell the exit (ESC, Left Arrow) function >to go to a menu file rather than the boot prompt. > >Thanks > -Aaron > > > >_______________________________________________ >SYSLINUX mailing list >Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com >Unsubscribe or set options at: >http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux >Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > > > >