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Hi Shao Miller,<BR>
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If it is reachable (modify int13), we can input a hard disk and a CD-ROM into one Target (multiple-LUN), so the workstation will get two SCSI devices from iBFT.<BR>
<BR> <BR>> Subject: RE: [gPXE] Will gPXE support booting from iscsi cd-rom?<BR>> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:13:55 -0400<BR>> From: Shao.Miller@yrdsb.edu.on.ca<BR>> To: kernsafe@hotmail.com<BR>> CC: gpxe@etherboot.org<BR>> <BR>> Good day Aldrich,<BR>> <BR>> Since there's no relationship between BIOS INT 13h drive numbers and<BR>> drives that Windows finds, how do you propose to pass a virtual optical<BR>> disc drive (ODD) to Windows?<BR>> <BR>> For the HDD case, we already pass an iBFT (for iSCSI) or an aBFT (for<BR>> AoE). I would suggest that you either need additional data associated<BR>> with those tables to specify ODD as the drive-type, or your initiator<BR>> could probe the SAN and look for El Torito ISO9660 structure in order to<BR>> dynamically determine that the SAN is an ODD.<BR>> <BR>> In regards to loading all of this during setup: For Windows XP/2003<BR>> you'll likely run into some challenges, as Andrew mentioned. Have you<BR>> already found a way to use your F6-extra-drivers-floppy-disk to load<BR>> networking for the network card along with your initiator?<BR>> <BR>> - Shao Miller<BR> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft¡¯s powerful SPAM protection. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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