[gPXE] SUSPECT: Re: Local menu system for gpxe

[Ben Derstine]

Thanks, that should work well.  I could easily do it with Syslinux- it has a nice
menu system.  I should of thought of that but I didn't.

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: gpxe-bounces at etherboot.org on behalf of Michael Braun
Sent: Fri 4/9/2010 1:30 PM
To: gpxe at etherboot.org
Subject: SUSPECT: Re: [gPXE] Local menu system for gpxe
 
Hi,

On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:32:10AM -0400, Ben Derstine wrote:
> 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.   

you could use a bootloader that starts the appropiate gpxe lkrn image.

Regards,
 M. Braun

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