Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:54:18 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net> Subject: Re: etherboot + pxeboot ? Message-ID: <45EF7ADA.9010604@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org> References: <200703072157.l27LvWgC074743@ambrisko.com> <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org>
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On 03/07/07 18:19, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > 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 So excuse my ignorance on this, but is this something that is fixable, or is pxeboot just never going to work right? Eric
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