[gPXE] chainloading xxx.c32

[Gene Cumm]

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 13:01, Tom Baumann <tom at thomasbaumann.com> wrote:
> But how can I load c32 then without the use of tftp or dhcp-options?
> Are there plans to solve this issue?
> And, will it work with Syslinux-3 c32-Files?

Files from Syslinux 3.86 should work.  Bear in mind that gPXE can set
these DHCP options (manually or via a script) such that they need not
be set in the DHCP server.

> Am 03.07.2011 17:41, schrieb Gene Cumm:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 11:34, Tom Baumann<tom at thomasbaumann.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I currently try to chainload the Menu from kernel.org's bko.
>>> But when performing a
>>>
>>> chain http://boot3.kernel.org/bko/menu.c32
>>>
>>> I always get "Requested memory not available (0x46038001)".
>>>
>>> I tried as well with undionly.kpxe.
>>>
>>> Version is gPXE 1.0.1.
>>> gPXE 1.0.1 -- Open Source Boot Firmware -- http://etherboot.org
>>> Features: HTTP HTTPS iSCSI DNS TFTP bzImage COMBOOT ELF Multiboot NBI PXE
>>> PXEXT
>>>
>>> How could this being solved?
>>> How will it be possible to chainload the comboot.c32?
>>
>> IIRC, BKO has been updated to Syslinux 4.xx.  Those .c32 files are in
>> the new COM32R format which gPXE does not support.  Loading PXELINUX
>> first with appropriate DHCP options should solve this issue.
>>
>
>
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