Re: [Etherboot-developers] gPXE/Bootix incompatibility

[Michael B. <mb...@fe...>]

On Wednesday 24 Mar 2010 12:02:44 Alex Zeffertt wrote:
> Perhaps the Bootix NBP shouldn't be doing this... but we've found that if
>  we make PXENV_TFTP_READ_FILE only update the filename in
> cached_info[CACHED_INFO_DHCPACK] and leave the filename in
> cached_info[CACHED_INFO_BINL] then the boot succeeds.  (See patch below.)
> 
> If anybody is still reading, do you know whether this is an okay way to fix
>  the problem, ... or will it break NTLDR?

Nice debugging!

Unfortunately I have no idea whether or not it will break NTLDR, and NTLDR 
compatibility probably has to take higher priority than Bootix compatibility.  
If you can verify that your change still allows a successful RIS deployment 
(for which you would need Windows Server 2003 R1; I believe RIS was obsoleted 
in 2003 R2 and replaced with WDS), then we could fairly safely apply this 
change.

I have Windows Server 2003 R1 media and licence keys, so could test this for 
you, but I won't be able to do so any time soon, sorry.

Michael