Using removable media

You can place gPXE onto a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM, or USB key. This will contain drivers for all supported network cards, and lets you quickly and easily try out gPXE.

Probably the quickest way to get started using gPXE in a Windows environment is by using the ROM-o-Matic page and downloading some prebuilt images.

Use the pulldown menu on for Step 1 and choose:

• Floppy bootable image (.dsk)
• ISO bootable image (.iso)
• USB Keychain disk image (.usb)

Then click the Get Image Button to download your file.

Then you can use a program such as:

• RawWrite for floppy .dsk images
• ISORecorder for cdrom .iso images
• Win32DiskImager to put the .usb image on a USB key

• If your happy with dd under linux and need a dd for windows you can try this
• Also a nice commercial package is WinImage

Download the source tree, and build a floppy disk image using

  make bin/gpxe.dsk

Transfer the image to a blank floppy disk using

  dd if=bin/gpxe.dsk of=/dev/fd0

or

  cat bin/gpxe.dsk > /dev/fd0

where /dev/fd0 is your floppy disk drive. Note that this will erase any information currently on the disk.

Download the source tree, and build an ISO image using

  make bin/gpxe.iso

Use your usual CD-burning program (e.g. cdrecord, k3b, etc.) to burn the bin/gpxe.iso image to a blank CD-ROM.

Download the source tree, and build a USB key image using

  make bin/gpxe.usb

Transfer the image to a blank USB key using

  dd if=bin/gpxe.usb of=/dev/sdX

where /dev/sdX is your USB key. Note that this will erase any information currently on the USB key. Make sure that /dev/sdX really is your USB key, and is not your real hard disk!