[gPXE] Fwd: Boot very slow or not boot

[Milton Labanda]

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From: Milton Labanda <1000ton.lab at gmail.com>
Date: 2010/2/1
Subject: Re: [gPXE] Boot very slow or not boot
To: Shao Miller <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>




2010/2/1 Shao Miller <Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>

Milton Labanda wrote:
>
>> I dont use commands only boot automatic. I have use comands to boot?
>>
>
> No, you don't have to use commands to boot.  gPXE is just like regular PXE
> in that it takes a single filename parameter from a DHCP service or
> ProxyDHCP service.
>
>
>  Not, like the kernel is loaded.
>>
>
> How did the kernel get loaded?  From a gPXE script?  From the filename
> parameter passed by the DHCP/ProxyDHCP service?

 From the filename parameter passed by the DHCP/ProxyDHCP service

>  How do you know it's loaded?


I asume it by  the message in the second case:
dosboot ..... ok.


>
>  Only boot automatic the images.
>>
>
> How are you telling gPXE what to boot?  If you are using the filename
> parameter, it only specifies a single file!  To boot Linux, you _usually_
> need two files: the kernel and the initrd.  To boot a DOS image, you usually
> need two files: the MEMDISK "kernel" and the DOS image as "initrd."  Because
> DHCP/ProxyDHCP only sends a single filename, I think you want to use a gPXE
> script:
>
> #!gpxe
> kernel vmlinuz24
> initrd minirt24.gz
>
>
Ok tkanks i tried it, but where put the script


> or for DOS:
>
> #!gpxe
> kernel memdisk
> initrd dosboot.img
>
> Then your DHCP/ProxyDHCP service sends one of these scripts as the
> filename.
>
> I've carbon-copied the gPXE mailing-list again.
>
>
> Disclaimer: All claims and opinions are solely those of myself and do not
> and should not be perceived as representing the Etherboot nor the gPXE
> projects in any way.  Thank you for your understanding.
>
> - Shao Miller
>



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-- 
/\/\;/-----------------------------------------------------
Milton Leonardo Labanda Jaramillo[1000tonlab]
Distro:        Debian GNU/Linux Lenny 5.0
Blog:          http://1000tonlab.wordpress.com
"Solamente la libertad que se somete a la Verdad
conduce a la persona humana a su verdadero
bien.... ".  Juan Pablo II
(:\ Usa Software Legal, usa Software Libre /:)
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