Re: [Etherboot-users] Boot disk or network based on DHCP option string

[Nico O. <ni...@an...>]

Hi David

Maybe this will help.

I use rom-o-matic for my boot images.
The first setting in the Configure section of the images 
you can specify how long it must wait before trying a 
boot image. If you set if to something like 20 seconds you 
don't have to be quit to choose if to boot (L)ocal or 
(N)etwork.

This is the section I mentioned:
#  ASK_BOOT:  
  Ask "Boot from (N)etwork ... or (Q)uit? " at startup,
timeout after n seconds (0 = no timeout). If unset or
negative, don't ask and boot immediately using the default.
 
#

The next choice in the configure section section you
can even set the sequence it must try to boot from. So if
you mostly boot from local disk and not from the network,
it will boot after the time you have set from the first
selection you made if that is available. 

Nico

>     Is there a way to control etherboot via a dhcp option
> string? (I.E. set it to boot from disk or the network) I
> want to do this because hitting the L or N keys at the
> correct time is getting annoying. At the moment, PXE
> booting does not work, So I am loading ELF images and
> booting them. I want to control wether or not the node
> grabs its kernel from the netwok or from disk.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> -David