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iPXE menu - arshir - 2017-01-05 05:48
Newbie here.. still trying to understand the iPXE setup and usage scenarios (vs PXE).
With PXE, I have a loader (pxelinux.0) and a menu (/pxelinux.cfg/default). The menu is a text file, sits on the TFTP server, and is easily editable on the fly.
With iPXE, I have a loader (undionly.kpxe), however I understand any further instructions have to be embedded into the loader via make command.. which is a pain (Windows only environment here).
Is there a way to make iPXE loader to load some default *.ipxe menu file from the same TFTP server ? Just trying to find a way to easily edit a text file menu (as in PXE case), without having to customize the undionly.kpxe every time..
RE: iPXE menu - NiKiZe - 2017-01-06 10:23
Which dhcp server are you using?
The normal way is to send a different filename when it is detected that ipxe is booting and then send it a different filename, this is called "breaking the infinite loop" see http://ipxe.org/howto/chainloading
One other approach is to have a bootstrap.ipxe that is embeded such as
Code:
#!ipxe
dhcp
chain tftp://${next-server}/menu.ipxeWindows 10 has the linux subsystem which can be used to install ubuntu and that in turn can build ipxe - inside windows.