Re: [PATCH] PXE support for grub2

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 13:32 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:52:43PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 11:46 +0800, Bean wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Bean <bean123ch@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This patch add the (pxe) device that can be used to load files using
> > > > the pxe service. It also add a user land command pxe that can be used
> > > > to show pxe information as well as set some parameter.
> > > >
> > > > To create a pxe boot image:
> > > >
> > > > ./grub-mkimage -d . -o core.img pxe
> > > > cat pxeboot.img core.img > g2pxe
> > 
> > Perhaps it should be a separate script?  Or maybe it should be an option
> > for grub-mkimage?
> 
> You mean for pxeboot.img?  Note we have this file in svn already.  His code
> just adds 'pxe' module AFAICS.

I mean that the second line is impossible to guess or get from
grub-mkimage documentation.  If I was to make a PXE image, I would need
to go to the list archives to find out how to make it.  But I'm not
experienced with network boot.  Maybe it's obvious for others, I don't
know.

> > At least it should be documented.  Users who want to
> > use PXE should be able to figure it out easily.
> 
> Agreed.  Maybe in the wiki?

Maybe.  But eventually the GRUB releases should be self-contained.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin