grub2 and network boot

grub2 and network boot

[Dallas Clement]

Hello All,

Forgive me for asking a newb question, but could someone please tell
me how to configure grub2 to do either a TFTP or NFS boot?  I am
assuming this functionality exists in grub2.

I'm working with a 686 processor and a Realtek 8169 PHY.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dallas Clement

Re: grub2 and network boot

[Pavel Roskin]

On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 22:47 -0500, Dallas Clement wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Forgive me for asking a newb question, but could someone please tell
> me how to configure grub2 to do either a TFTP or NFS boot?  I am
> assuming this functionality exists in grub2.
> 
> I'm working with a 686 processor and a Realtek 8169 PHY.

GRUB2 has no networking support yet.  It is planned, but the current
status is "looking for members": http://grub.enbug.org/Subprojects

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: grub2 and network boot

[Dallas Clement]

Okay, Thank you for the speedy reply!

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 22:47 -0500, Dallas Clement wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Forgive me for asking a newb question, but could someone please tell
>> me how to configure grub2 to do either a TFTP or NFS boot?  I am
>> assuming this functionality exists in grub2.
>>
>> I'm working with a 686 processor and a Realtek 8169 PHY.
>
> GRUB2 has no networking support yet.  It is planned, but the current
> status is "looking for members": http://grub.enbug.org/Subprojects
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
>
>
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Re: grub2 and network boot

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Sonntag, den 05.04.2009, 23:52 -0400 schrieb Pavel Roskin:
> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 22:47 -0500, Dallas Clement wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > Forgive me for asking a newb question, but could someone please tell
> > me how to configure grub2 to do either a TFTP or NFS boot?  I am
> > assuming this functionality exists in grub2.
> > 
> > I'm working with a 686 processor and a Realtek 8169 PHY.
> 
> GRUB2 has no networking support yet.  It is planned, but the current
> status is "looking for members": http://grub.enbug.org/Subprojects
> 
It supports though PXE so you can load grub2 via PXE and then load files
from a tftp server.
See the wiki at http://grub.enbug.org/PXEBOOT
-- 
Felix Zielcke

Re: grub2 and network boot

[Dallas Clement]

Unfortunately, my motherboard does not support PXE boot.  It's a Via
C7 (i686) mini-ITX board.  Grub2 was working really great for me, I
just need to be able to either TFTP or NFS boot to 1) ease development
2) provide a firmware recovery mechanism

Migrating to U-Boot seems like overkill.  Do you guys have any other
recommendations?

Thanks,
Dallas

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 05.04.2009, 23:52 -0400 schrieb Pavel Roskin:
>> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 22:47 -0500, Dallas Clement wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > Forgive me for asking a newb question, but could someone please tell
>> > me how to configure grub2 to do either a TFTP or NFS boot?  I am
>> > assuming this functionality exists in grub2.
>> >
>> > I'm working with a 686 processor and a Realtek 8169 PHY.
>>
>> GRUB2 has no networking support yet.  It is planned, but the current
>> status is "looking for members": http://grub.enbug.org/Subprojects
>>
> It supports though PXE so you can load grub2 via PXE and then load files
> from a tftp server.
> See the wiki at http://grub.enbug.org/PXEBOOT
> --
> Felix Zielcke
>
>
>
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Re: grub2 and network boot

[phcoder]

Etherboot. Also I applied for a gsoc project for implementing complete 
TCP/IP in grub2
Dallas Clement wrote:
> Unfortunately, my motherboard does not support PXE boot.  It's a Via
> C7 (i686) mini-ITX board.  Grub2 was working really great for me, I
> just need to be able to either TFTP or NFS boot to 1) ease development
> 2) provide a firmware recovery mechanism
> 
> Migrating to U-Boot seems like overkill.  Do you guys have any other
> recommendations?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dallas
> 
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> wrote:
>> Am Sonntag, den 05.04.2009, 23:52 -0400 schrieb Pavel Roskin:
>>> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 22:47 -0500, Dallas Clement wrote:
>>>> Hello All,
>>>>
>>>> Forgive me for asking a newb question, but could someone please tell
>>>> me how to configure grub2 to do either a TFTP or NFS boot?  I am
>>>> assuming this functionality exists in grub2.
>>>>
>>>> I'm working with a 686 processor and a Realtek 8169 PHY.
>>> GRUB2 has no networking support yet.  It is planned, but the current
>>> status is "looking for members": http://grub.enbug.org/Subprojects
>>>
>> It supports though PXE so you can load grub2 via PXE and then load files
>> from a tftp server.
>> See the wiki at http://grub.enbug.org/PXEBOOT
>> --
>> Felix Zielcke
>>
>>
>>
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