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appnotes:autobootchainurl [2009/07/23 06:18]
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appnotes:autobootchainurl [2009/11/05 15:46]
chaz6 Add note about hacking autoboot_exec()
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 Go into ''​src/​usr/​autoboot.c''​ and find the ''​netboot()''​ function. In that function there is a line "''​route();''"​. After that line, add "''​return 0;''"​. This causes autoboot to return when it has obtained a DHCP lease so that the next command is run. Go into ''​src/​usr/​autoboot.c''​ and find the ''​netboot()''​ function. In that function there is a line "''​route();''"​. After that line, add "''​return 0;''"​. This causes autoboot to return when it has obtained a DHCP lease so that the next command is run.
  
-Now build your patched gPXE with the following embedded script:+Go into ''​src/​hci/​commands/​autoboot_cmd.c''​ and find the line "''/​* Can never return success by definition */''"​. Change the following line from "''​return 1;''"​ to "''​return 0;''"​. 
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 +Now build your patched gPXE with the following ​[[:​scripting|embedded script]]:
  
 <​code>​ <​code>​
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 This method is of course a hack which will likely be obsoleted by scripting language improvements in the future. This method is of course a hack which will likely be obsoleted by scripting language improvements in the future.
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