Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:48:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Carl Chave <carl@chave.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pxe LiveCD setup Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007031812340.94356@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilykcsBBsDl7XFXQeQY54s3BdiotQjG3pDjdjcv@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007031256290.93462@wonkity.com> <AANLkTilykcsBBsDl7XFXQeQY54s3BdiotQjG3pDjdjcv@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-514721803-1278203247=:94356 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007031827371.94356@wonkity.com> On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Carl Chave wrote: > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> Is there a quick way to set up a PXE boot menu for booting into a number of >> ISO images? There's net/pxe, but it looks like only part of the solution. >> >> Ideally, there'd just be a minimal setup with a directory of ISO files and 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. After a very cursory setup, it works! I took notes and will write it up in a bit. The only complaint I have so far is the speed of download via tftp. A 236M ISO took two minutes to load, or about 2M per second. A full CD takes a long, long time. Is that typical, or maybe just the poor Ethernet on this Aspire One D250? ---902635197-514721803-1278203247=:94356--
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