I'm not sure if this belongs here or on an etherboot list. I've given up on trying to get a single floppy syslinux with enough stuff to remote mount a file system. I'm trying an etherboot floppy. When I boot the system finds the dhcp server and gets the right file name but then it gives me the message "not a valid image." A quick search of the net didn't help much. Any clues to hand out? Cheers -- Steve Glines voice: 978-952-6340 www.is-cs.com fax: 978-952-8524 145 Foster Street cell: 617-549-7274 Littleton MA 01460 I'm a complex person. I have a real and an imaginary part.
Etherboot and PXE are 2 different methods of network booting. By default, you cannot use an Etherboot boot ROM/floppy to network boot a PXE image and visa versa. You must obtain a PXE boot agent or floppy to boot a PXELinux image. To find out more about PXE, visit http://www.pxe.ca Regards, Conrad Lawes http://www.argontechnology.com Steve Glines <sglines at is-cs.co To: syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> m> cc: Sent by: Subject: [syslinux] pxelinux.0 syslinux-bounces@ zytor.com 05/25/2004 02:25 PM I'm not sure if this belongs here or on an etherboot list. I've given up on trying to get a single floppy syslinux with enough stuff to remote mount a file system. I'm trying an etherboot floppy. When I boot the system finds the dhcp server and gets the right file name but then it gives me the message "not a valid image." A quick search of the net didn't help much. Any clues to hand out? Cheers -- Steve Glines voice: 978-952-6340 www.is-cs.com fax: 978-952-8524 145 Foster Street cell: 617-549-7274 Littleton MA 01460 I'm a complex person. I have a real and an imaginary part. _______________________________________________ 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.
conradl at argontechnology.com wrote:> Etherboot and PXE are 2 different methods of network booting. By default, > you cannot use an Etherboot boot ROM/floppy to network boot a PXE image and > visa versa. You must obtain a PXE boot agent or floppy to boot a PXELinux > image. >Actually, the newest versions of Etherboot *do* support acting as a PXE boot agent, which is very nice. -hpa
Steve Glines wrote:> I'm not sure if this belongs here or on an etherboot list. I've given up > on trying to get a single floppy syslinux with enough stuff to remote > mount a file system. I'm trying an etherboot floppy. > > When I boot the system finds the dhcp server and gets the right file > name but then it gives me the message "not a valid image." A quick > search of the net didn't help much. Any clues to hand out? >I would suggest asking on the etherboot-users mailing list. Note that you can compile Etherboot either to be a PXE boot agent (which would boot pxelinux.0) or boot an "nbi" or "elf" image which need to be created using the Etherboot tools. You need to have it configured the right way for your application. -hpa
On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 15:48, conradl at argontechnology.com wrote:> Etherboot and PXE are 2 different methods of network booting. By default, > you cannot use an Etherboot boot ROM/floppy to network boot a PXE image and > visa versa. You must obtain a PXE boot agent or floppy to boot a PXELinux > image.Hi As of the latest 5.3 release etherboot is pxe compatable. Right now, work is ongoing on enabling the drivers to work as UNDI compliant drivers but that is not required for the majority of PXE usages including pxelinux. So, indeed you can use etherboot to boot a pxe image. It works quite nicely with PXELINUX. Tim
On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 15:25, Steve Glines wrote:> I'm not sure if this belongs here or on an etherboot list. I've given up > on trying to get a single floppy syslinux with enough stuff to remote > mount a file system. I'm trying an etherboot floppy. > > When I boot the system finds the dhcp server and gets the right file > name but then it gives me the message "not a valid image." A quick > search of the net didn't help much. Any clues to hand out?Did you select version 5.3.7 from romomatic? It should have default support for PXE images. Tim