[gPXE] interrupt and serial

[Luca]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Joshua Oreman <oremanj at rwcr.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Luca <lucarx76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So if I got it right, I would keep using the same gPXE image and I would
> > just change the gpxe script at every boot.
> >
> > Problem is that script is generated by a central entity just before a
> > workstation is gPXE booted so I can't store the script on the
> workstation, I
> > need  gPXE to contact a remote server  and get it.
>
> gPXE also supports loading boot scripts over the network, and it can
> download files over HTTPS if you enable that in config/general.h.
> Would that be sufficient for your purposes?
>
> -- Josh
>

Hi Josh, thanks for replying.

I thought about the solution you proposed. But in my case it's kind of
chicken-egg problem. I could definitely use HTTPS to get the file. But one
of the parameter I need in gPXE is the server certificate so gPXE can be
sure it's talking to the right HTTPS server.
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