[gPXE] [Etherboot-developers] Feature request: PXE boot in proxy DHCPenvironment

Nikolay Kasatkin nikolay.kasatkin at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 11:33:27 EST 2009


On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Shao Miller <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>wrote:

> Nikolay Kasatkin wrote:
>
>> It would be good thing if Etherboot or gPXE would have ability to boot in
>> "proxy DHCP" environment. Realization of amazing "proxy DHCP" feature appear
>> in Dnsmasq combo-server version 2.48 (
>> http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG).
>>
> gPXE supports proxyDHCP already.  Please use gPXE.  If that doesn't work,
> please feel free to describe the failure mode.
>
>  "Proxy DHCP" service described in Intel PXE spec. And before Dnsmasq there
>> were no open source solution around the web.
>>
> gPXE developers have read the Intel PXE spec.  They've also worked together
> with Simon Kelley for dnsmasq compatibility a couple of times.
>
>
> Could we please move any further discussion to the gpxe at etherboot.orgmailing list? If you haven't done so already, you can subscribe at
> http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe
>
> - Shao Miller
>

It is really works! Sorry, my bad.
I will try to update BIOS firmware from Etherboot to gPXE. In troubles I
will post on gPXE mailing list.
Thank you!


-- 
Kasatkin Nikolay
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