Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:59:41 -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: <45F2494D.3070201@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <45EFD04F.2040704@FreeBSD.org> References: <200703072157.l27LvWgC074743@ambrisko.com> <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org> <45EF7ADA.9010604@freebsd.org> <45EFD04F.2040704@FreeBSD.org>
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On 03/08/07 02:58, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: >> On 03/07/07 18:19, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> So excuse my ignorance on this, but is this something that is fixable, >> or is pxeboot just never going to work right? > It's fixable if someone sits down and takes the time to rewrite BTX to > be able to trampoline into real mode when calling certain BIOS routines. > I tried to sit down and do this last October when I had some free time > to work on it, but got nowhere fast. > > Regards, > BMS Well, considering I have no clue what all that means, I guess I'm not much help in that case. :) Maybe someone out there will pick it up. Should it be added to the projects page? Eric
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