Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:20:49 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: off topic but no idea where to ask Message-ID: <50F59E01.2050102@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301151916180.2295@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301151916180.2295@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On 1/15/13 10:18 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > does anyone know a PXE image (just like /boot/pxeboot) that can be > placed on tftp server and the only thing it will do would be loading > first sector from first local disk at 0x07c00 and booting as with > normal hard drive. > > what i need is to be able to decide from server side if given computer > boots from NFS or hard disk. > This may not be helpful, but maybe you can have the server just deny the PXE client the infomration needed to boot and set the BIOS to boot order to: 1st: PXE 2nd: local disk ? This way if the server doesn't respond to the pxe option then the client will then try local disk? -Alfred
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