[gPXE] Local menu system for gpxe

[Ben Derstine]

We happen to be in a predicament where we have staff scattered across
different facilities and different networks.    We do not have DHCP
services in any of these remote networks nor can we somehow provide
them.   What I have done is compiled gpxe with a script that statically
assigns the IP info for a given network and this works.   The problem is
that this forces me to create and carry a separate USB key or CD
configured for each network.   That's rather cumbersome with the number
of separate networks we have.   So what I would like to do is have gpxe
present an initial menu that allows the admin to select the appropriate
IP settings for the network they happen to be on.   Please note that
this menu needs to be available before gpxe has any kind of network
info. Is there a way to do this?  I have seen that there are ways to
have gpxe present a menu after obtaining IP info but that doesn't really
help me.   

 

Ben

 

Benjamin Derstine

Systems Administrator

Pennsylvania State University 
Division of Student Affairs 
Information Technology 
222 Boucke Building 
University Park, PA 16802 

Phone:  814-863-9844

Fax:  814-863-0299

bld17 at sa.psu.edu
http://www.sa.psu.edu <http://www.sa.psu.edu/>   

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