Hi, the syslinux docs say: On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL" option means invoking this particular label will cause a local disk boot instead of booting a kernel. What does "local disk boot" mean? Running the MBR of the first disk? Thanks for the clarification, Thomas
> On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL" > option means invoking this particular label will cause a local > disk boot instead of booting a kernel. > > What does "local disk boot" mean? Running the MBR of the first > disk?That depends on your bios settings. E.g. your boot sequence is LAN, A:, C: using localboot 0 means that the floppy is 1st, the HDD is 2nd. Gru? nach Marburg! Alex
Gebhardt Thomas wrote:> Hi, > > the syslinux docs say: > > On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL" > option means invoking this particular label will cause a local > disk boot instead of booting a kernel. > > What does "local disk boot" mean? Running the MBR of the first > disk? >On a properly functioning BIOS, it means boot the next device in the list (like having CD-ROM in your list with nothing in the drive... it goes on to the next thing.) -hpa
Hi,> On a properly functioning BIOS, it means boot the next device in the > list (like having CD-ROM in your list with nothing in the drive... it > goes on to the next thing.)thanks for your help! So the sentence> On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL" > option means invoking this particular label will cause a local > disk boot instead of booting a kernel.is a bit misleading; depending on the configured BIOS boot device list "LOCALBOOT 0" could as well mean "try PXE boot on the second NIC". Cheers, Thomas
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 04:48:06PM +0100, Gebhardt Thomas wrote:> Hi, > > > On a properly functioning BIOS, it means boot the next device in the > > list (like having CD-ROM in your list with nothing in the drive... it > > goes on to the next thing.) > > thanks for your help! > > So the sentence > > On PXELINUX, specifying "LOCALBOOT 0" instead of a "KERNEL" > > option means invoking this particular label will cause a local > > disk boot instead of booting a kernel. > is a bit misleading; depending on the configured BIOS boot device list > "LOCALBOOT 0" could as well mean "try PXE boot on the second NIC".Yes, the next Network Interface Card is indeed local to the computer and considered a valid (local) boot device. Read "LOCALBOOT 0" as "localboot++"> > Cheers, ThomasCheers Geert Stappers