Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:59:10 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] x86 ELF bootable kernels/Linux booting Linux/LinuxBIOS |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > 3) Network Booting. > There is not much chance to change bootroms once they are flashed > so they like LinuxBIOS need a general purpose interface, so that can > handle whatever they need to boot. >
On this particular subject, I should point out that there is a standard for network bootroms on i386 platforms -- PXE. Most PXE implementations out there suck rocks, but that's orthogonal -- they're still a lot easier to use than coming up with your own (and they will boot, ahem, other operating systems as well.)
Now, PXE is pretty limited usually boots a second-stage bootloader
That being said, it would be great to get an Open Source PXE implementation and driver collection. I was hoping NILO (http://www.nilo.org/) would be it, but it seems to not be going anywhere. I was for a while considering trying to turn Etherboot into a PXE kit.
-hpa
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