Syslinux - Dec 2004 - Chainloading from pxelinux

Can pxelinux be used to chain other *network* bootloaders directly?
I.e., keep the pxe stack but replace itself with an alternate network
boot loader (eg, the intel nbp, or, more specificly, an arbitrary
bootloader for another OS)?

I'm sure this is an obvious FAQ but I can't find reference to it
(sorry).

Obviously memdisk could be used to load other OSes, but I have been
given a strict specification that the (3Com) network boot loader
currently in use for windows installs be chain loadable, and pxelinux
doesn't seem happy about doing that.

"Real" pxe would seem the obvious solution (allow the operator to
select
pxelinux or other network boot loaders), but for various reasons this
may be difficult (from an organisation point of view) to implement in
the environment I'm dealing with.

keith


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> Can pxelinux be used to chain other network bootloaders 
> directly?
This was of course an insane question to which the answer was evidently
"Yes, if the filename has the appropriate extension".  Appologies for
wasting everyone's time.

keith


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