Re: [Etherboot-developers] gPXE/Bootix incompatibility

[Alex Z. <ale...@eu...>]

Michael Brown wrote:
> 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
> 

You're right, we can't break NTLDR.  Here's an alternative way to fix the 
problem.  Now, I know this is a terrible hack... but it does guarrantee(*) that 
non-Bootix NBPs will not be affected.

Alex

(*) sort of.