Syslinux - May 2008 - need advice: runing gpxelinux.0 without tftp

Hi,

?I happily use gpxelinux.0 in subnets where nic-embedded pxe stack can
load it from a tftp server pointed by the dhcp daemon.

Now I'd like to know the best way to run gpxelinux.0 in a special
subnets, where no tftp trafic is allowed, http is served through a
reverse proxy, and dhcp is ok.

I tried "gpxe on local media (rom/iso/floppy/usb) -> gpxelinux.0"
with
limited success : gpxelinux is fetched-loaded-ran, but it ends up
dhcp-requesting 0.0.0.0 ... and gets all frustrated by the dhcpd
response :)

Should I persist on this path, or is there a better one ? For example,
is it possible to chain-load gpxelinux.0 from sys/iso/extlinux, or even
use the gpxe stack directly from there ?

Thanks for this new powerful tool,
cvaroqui

Christophe Varoqui wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ?I happily use gpxelinux.0 in subnets where nic-embedded pxe stack can
> load it from a tftp server pointed by the dhcp daemon.
> 
> Now I'd like to know the best way to run gpxelinux.0 in a special
> subnets, where no tftp trafic is allowed, http is served through a
> reverse proxy, and dhcp is ok.
> 
> I tried "gpxe on local media (rom/iso/floppy/usb) ->
gpxelinux.0" with
> limited success : gpxelinux is fetched-loaded-ran, but it ends up
> dhcp-requesting 0.0.0.0 ... and gets all frustrated by the dhcpd
> response :)
> 
> Should I persist on this path, or is there a better one ? For example,
> is it possible to chain-load gpxelinux.0 from sys/iso/extlinux, or even
> use the gpxe stack directly from there ?
> 
Sort of.  You need an appropriate gPXE image as an intermediate, either 
on writable media or flashed into ROM.  See http://www.rom-o-matic.net/.

	-hpa