Re: [ECOS] BOOPT bootfile

[Martin Buck <martin dot buck at ascom dot ch>]

Magnus Ekhall wrote:
> Sorry, I think I was a bit unclear.
> I want to download RedBoot itself using BOOTP.
> I have a i386-target that can use "boot on LAN", and I want to pass down
> RedBoot that way.
I haven't seen an x86 that can boot using BOOTP so far. "Boot on LAN" 
most likely means PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) which in turn 
means DHCP with a few add-ons for extra complexity.

The easiest thing is probably to first make Redboot boot from a floppy 
and then create an image from that floppy and boot that using pxelinux 
(no, this is not limited to booting Linux - it can boot virtually 
anything that can be booted from a floppy). Haven't tried this so far, 
though.

Martin


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