From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 3 21:03:27 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 B80DC1065674 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:03:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carl@chave.us) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824368FC1B for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:03:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk2 with SMTP id 2so158289gxk.13 for ; Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:03:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.52.14 with SMTP id z14mr468520agz.190.1278189126680; Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:32:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.101.1 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 13:32:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:32:06 -0400 Message-ID: From: Carl Chave To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:03:27 -0000 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? =A0There's net/pxe, but it looks like only part of the soluti= on. > > Ideally, there'd just be a minimal setup with a directory of ISO files an= d 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. See the grub4dos section of this forum for good info: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=3D66