From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 4 01:48:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C08106566B for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:48:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F10188FC08 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:48:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o641micx094973; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:48:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o641mibM094970; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:48:44 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:48:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Carl Chave In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-902635197-514721803-1278203247=:94356" Content-ID: X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.5 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:48:44 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pxe LiveCD setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:48:47 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-514721803-1278203247=:94356 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Carl Chave wrote: > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Warren Block wrote: >> Is there a quick way to set up a PXE boot menu for booting into a number of >> ISO images?  There's net/pxe, but it looks like only part of the solution. >> >> Ideally, there'd just be a minimal setup with a directory of ISO files and a >> built-in loader that lets the user choose which ISO to boot. >> _______________________________________________ > > I've had a lot of luck with grub4dos. At work I use it to present a > menu to the PXE client. I've had most success booting .iso files by > having grub4dos memory map them, so having a fair amount of ram is > helpful. I've used it to boot damn small linux, puppy linux, Dell > diagnostic cd .iso, dban iso, spinrite .iso etc. After a very cursory setup, it works! I took notes and will write it up in a bit. The only complaint I have so far is the speed of download via tftp. A 236M ISO took two minutes to load, or about 2M per second. A full CD takes a long, long time. Is that typical, or maybe just the poor Ethernet on this Aspire One D250? ---902635197-514721803-1278203247=:94356--