Re: [Etherboot-users] Boot pxelinux.0, then exit to local disk boot?

[Erik F. <for...@ce...>]

Alexander Heinz <mai...@gm...> writes:

> > Is there a way to configure etherboot so that it boots off disk, loads
> > pxelinux (or similar) via network and if pxelinux says so, boots the
> > operating system on the first hard disk partition?
> 
> Use this floppy to install etherboot on your hard disk:
> http://etherboot.anadex.de

Very, very interesting. 

> copy the files pxelinux.0 and chain.c32 from the syslinux package to
> your tftproot.

I also had to install menu.c32 from the same directory as chain.c32

> create the sub-directory pxelinux.cfg in your tftproot
> create a file called default
> 
> DEFAULT menu
> PROMPT 0
> TIMEOUT 100
> MENU TITLE a simple boot menu
> LABEL nextdev
>      MENU LABEL next device (depends on BIOS settings)
>      localboot 0

This gives me a loop, where etherboot is loaded again. But I think I
should blame my BIOS.

> LABEL hda
>      MENU LABEL Master Boot Record (MBR) of the 1st hard disk
>      KERNEL chain.c32
>      append hd0

append hd0 2

..seems to be a better choice, since it then will boot from the second
partition (not the partition where syslinux is installed).

> LABEL menu
>      MENU HIDE
>      KERNEL menu.c32

Thanks for the answer, I think you just solved my problem!

Btw, is the source code for the All-drivers etherboot available
somewhere? I would like to create a CD that does step 1 and 2 in the
"how to install etherboot to a hard disk" automatically. 

Cheers,
\EF
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