Install iPXE on HDD as default bootloader

[robinsmidsrod]

It is quite possible to install iPXE as a boot loader onto an HDD. You can use the ipxe.usb binary and just use dd to write it directly to the MBR of the HDD. Be aware that this will completely wipe the HDD and make it unusable for anything else. A better option is to use either syslinux or grub to load ipxe.lkrn from the local filesystem on the HDD. Then you can use the rest of the HDD's capacity for e.g. an OS. After you compile using make bin/ipxe.usb (as described on http://ipxe.org/download) there will be descriptions printed on how you can use dd/cat to achieve this.