Problems with ipxe and pxe-/syslinux
Hello, I like to boot my old Asus Laptop via ipxe. When I directly load the ipxe file via my dhcp Server all works fine. I have created the ipxe file via "make bin/undionly.kpxe". Following vendor show...
View ArticleReading the BIOS version in iPXE?
Does iPXE have a built-in method to read the BIOS version of the machine it's loaded on, much like it can read the serial number, manufacturer and product in the configuration settings? I'm thinking...
View ArticleHow to boot from an image on a local drive ?
Hello, It may be obvious or maybe an uncommon request but how to boot from an (ISO) image located on a local disk drive ? All info I found are about network boot but what about boot from local data ? I...
View Article[SUCCESS STORY] Mobile iPXE Device
Hi There, it has been a long time since i contributed to ipxe. this has changed today. i finished my proove of concept on a mobile pxe server. Hardware: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/kingston/mlwg2 +...
View ArticleIs iPXE supports PCMCIA card?
Some user have old laptop without CD-ROM but have PCMCIA Ethernet card. Laptop has FDD. A user wants to install Debian over PXE, so it needs a network bootloader. Is iPXE supports PCMCIA card?
View ArticleHow to use vesamenu.c32
Hello all. I am fairly new to ipxe so please bare with me. I am trying to use the vesamenu.c32 and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to chain that menu rather than the standard. I do not use...
View ArticleUEFI
I'm trying to boot linux in uefi to a ramfs with the tmpfs flag set in the kernel config it seems(it seems tmpfs is being forced). This is in a CPIO format that iPxe is able to recognize when it's in...
View Articlefloppy image in ROM possible?
Hi, is it possible to flash ipxe into a nic including a embedded script memdisk and a floppy image? not asking about the available memory in eeprom.
View ArticleProblem Flashing with BOOTUTILW64E
i get an error when using: BOOTUTILW64E.EXE for flashing iPXE into an Intel® Gigabit-Ethernet-Controller 82574L EXPI9301CT 8086:10d3 with a winbond 25x40 CLING SPI Flash Chip 4M-bit/512K-byte (524,288)...
View ArticleUEFI, Building .efi and menu password...
Hello all! For years I am using pxelinux for BIOS PXE but hopeless tried over past few weaks to implented and UEFI PXE via iPXE. So on my big supprise, UEFI PXE loads Windows 8.1 WinPE today without...
View ArticleMenu item alternate option
I have been using ipxe with great success but I would like to know if its possible to do something extra. I have a script that automatically updates my archlinux and creates a new boot image. I also...
View ArticleWDS TFTP loop
Hi, using the latest version from git (2015.07.07) I encountered an issue while chainloading to our Windows Deployment Server (WDS): The client gets stuck in a request loop. Examing the traffic with...
View ArticleSetting goto with whitespace?
Hello! I'm trying to configure iPXE to do certain things when it detects a certain model device. For this purpose i'm using the ${product} variable. For example, I'd implement something like:...
View ArticleAlternate key combination for menu
Normally you select your menu item and press enter or press its shortcut key for it to load. Is there a way to have a secondary shortcut key to run another script/image? (In my scenario I am trying to...
View Articlezlib error
I have tried and tried to make this work. I have tried to bypass the need to run make in order to use this program, as running the make command results in an error. I keep getting this error at the end...
View ArticleRAW Read and Write to DISK
does someone know a way to use ipxe to download a img file and save it to the local disk? or reading the disk and uploading it to a http server?
View Articleipxe.efi chain working?
I get error when I try script added into ipxe Code: #!ipxe shell executed on the ipxe command line Code: dhcp set filename Boot/x64/wdsmgfw.efi chain tftp://${next-server}/${filename} The error I get...
View ArticleDell 13G Server wimboot black screen
I seem to have encountered an issue with Dell's new 13G servers (Think R630, R730 etc). Environment: wimboot-2.4.1 BIOS Mode booting via undionly (Not EFI) Dell 13G Poweredge Server Things I have tried...
View Articleuefi bin-x86_64-efi missing
hello! I can't find bin-x86_64-efi in https://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git/tree/HEAD:/src to make uefi dhcp boot file. Where is it now?
View ArticleiPXE vs Flexboot iPXE branch
I have two InfiniBand mlx4_0 devices, MT25408 ConnectX Mellanox Technologies. I'm interested in using iPXE, or Mellanox's branch of iPXE, flexboot, at: http://git.ipxe.org/vendor/mellanox/flexboot.git...
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