[gPXE] Boot off localhost

[Hsuan-Yeh Chang]

Michael:  Thanks!  Here is the pxelinux.cfg/default.  Am I missing something?  HYC

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DEFAULT menu.c32
prompt 0

MENU TITLE -- Ubuntu Localhost--

LABEL Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop i386
        MENU LABEL ^Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop i386
        TEXT HELP
            Boot ubuntu 9.10 Desktop at Local Host
        ENDTEXT
        kernel vmlinuz
        append initrd=initrd.lz boot=casper netboot=http httpfs=http://localhost/boot/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso
        IPAPPEND
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From: Michael Brown <mbrown at fensystems.co.uk>
To: Hsuan-Yeh Chang <hsuanyeh at yahoo.com>; gpxe at etherboot.org
Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 11:37:53 PM
Subject: Re: [gPXE] Boot off localhost

You appear to be asking gPXE to boot from itself.  Are you sure you mean "localhost"?

Michael

"Hsuan-Yeh Chang" <hsuanyeh at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Greetings All:
>
>I was trying to boot a Ubuntu ISO using gpxe/http/virtualbox.  There was no problem booting off a remote site.  However, the booting process gets stuck when I change the URL to "http://localhost/boot" (as shown in the attached).  Any thoughts?  Thanks in advance!
>
>#!gpxe
>dhcp net0
>set 209:string pxelinux.cfg/default
>set 210:string http://localhost/boot
>chain ${210:string}pxelinux.0
>
>HYC
>
>
>
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