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Kitsok · 2012-09-17, 06:32

Hello!

(2012-09-14 11:08)robinsmidsrod Wrote: If you haven't already read the information at http://ipxe.org/efi/vision I urge you to read that to understand how iPXE can help you in an UEFI environment.

I've done it several times but I still don't understand a proposal given in the vision. I see the petition that UEFI is a step back in regards to iPXE, but what can I as final user do with it? There is no ROM for the MB I'm using other than EFI based.

Quote:From what I understand, adding VVVVDDDD.efirom to the MB firmware should give you a network boot target in EFI, but you only have the basic features an EFI environment gives you (no iPXE HTTP boot and such). The EFI firmware should probably already have a PXE-enabled firmware for the network card that works.

Yes, there is an PXE module. Actually I don't know any modern MB that doesn't contain PXE inside. It's a solution (to do chainloading of the iPXE image), but it would be nice to have iPXE inside the ROM.

Quote:Do you really need to run the machines in EFI mode for your use-case?

How can I do it if there is an EFI BIOS inside?