Re: [Etherboot-users] etherboot and pxelinux working together

[Jason K. <ja...@cs...>]

Carl Karsten wrote:
>  > especially since the PXE client is in the BIOS, and there is no control
>  > over it.   I wonder if I might be able to insert etherboot somehow
> 
> Not sure what you can/cant do, so...
> 
> Is replacing/flashing the nic PXE eprom an option?

Probably not.

> Is replacing/flashing the motherboard BIOS eprom an option?

Probably not.

Just FYI, in both cases, most boards are directly Intel 865 or Intel 915 
boards.

> Is disabeling the nic PXE boot and booting something (like grub or 
> etherboot) from the HD an option?

Yes.  However, I think this means that I lose the ability to talk to the 
boot server and determine the state that the machine should be in.

Jas.