From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: status of grub netboot in GRUB2
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:31:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C7D5881.4090101@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <COL116-W35B5396B6E6649360C79C4A38A0@phx.gbl>
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On 08/31/2010 09:05 PM, John Lumby wrote:
First of all please avoid sending HTML-formatted mails to this list.
> Anyone know if any work is being done on implementing a netboot
> function into GRUB2 similar to what is available in GRUB1? I.e.,
> . supports current network hardware with self-contained drivers
> . does not require PXE hardware
> . does not require any other software
>
This is useful functionality for e.g. OS recovery over internet, system
where firmware supports netboot but provides only pretty unusable
functions to bootloader or when GRUB itself is a firmware
Manoelo Abranches is working on this feature:
http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/grub/people/mrabran/grub_net/ . One of the
tasks in my TODO list is to assess how much can be merged into 1.99.
> I see this article in this forum talking about some plans
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2006-05/msg00058.html
>
> and this one more recently
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-01/msg00640.html
>
> - but they are all years ago ...
>
> Or - is there any kind of netboot functionality in GRUB2 or being
> worked on by anyone?
>
> John Lumby
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-31 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-31 19:05 status of grub netboot in GRUB2 John Lumby
2010-08-31 19:16 ` Lennart Sorensen
2010-08-31 19:20 ` Turner, Ian
2010-08-31 19:16 ` Turner, Ian
2010-08-31 19:31 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2010-08-31 20:26 ` Lennart Sorensen
2010-09-02 4:38 ` Manoel Rebelo Abraches
2010-09-02 20:37 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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2010-09-01 15:12 John Lumby
2010-09-02 20:42 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-09-05 1:46 ` John Lumby
2010-09-05 10:26 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-09-01 20:40 Turner, Ian
2010-09-02 20:59 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-09-05 19:19 John Lumby
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