[gPXE] Alternative http image location

[Joshua Oreman]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Randy McAnally <rsm at fast-serv.com> wrote:
> I have a quick question, sorry if it's been covered previously but I can't
> seem to find it if so.
>
> When loading an image via http in syslinux, I seem to be restricted to loading
> images from the same tftp server's IP.  In other words I have to run httpd on
> the tftp server which is, long story short, less than optimal.
>
> Is this a known limitation or am I missing something?

Recent PXELINUX versions support "gPXE extensions", allowing one to
specify absolute URIs as filenames to load.

-- Josh