Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:19:48 +0000 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net> Subject: Re: etherboot + pxeboot ? Message-ID: <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200703072157.l27LvWgC074743@ambrisko.com> References: <200703072157.l27LvWgC074743@ambrisko.com>
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Doug Ambrisko wrote: > It might be interesting to see how Etherboot worked a long time ago > with some patches to it and pxeboot to make it work. This was before > PXE support was added to Etherboot. Also things could have changed > in Etherboot since the last time I tried to run pxeboot with it. > I played with this as recently as December. The BTX halted problem you are seeing is the same 'ol same 'ol 'BTX wants to play in vm86 mode, but BIOS or expansion ROM wants to play in real mode' problem. Etherboot's PXE implementation tries to enter protected mode. At least with Etherboot, one can actually read the source and see this for onesself. Regards, BMS
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