Re: [PATCH] PXE support for grub2

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

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.

> 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?

-- 
Robert Millan

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