Re: [ECOS] BOOTP question - PXE 2.0

[Stephen Polkowski <stephen at centtech dot com>]

Thanks Martin!  I just got redboot to load via the PXE Option rom
on my Intel PRO/100 S ethernet card.  It saves me the trouble
of waiting for the floppy to load.


Steve


Martin Buck wrote:

> Stephen Polkowski wrote:
> 
>>        Does anyone know what the format should be for a BOOTP image?  I've setup
>>a PC with a 82559 card that has it's own PXE 2.0 option rom.    My
>>ultimate goal is to have it load redboot from my BOOTP server.  Does
>>anyone know what PXE expects as a boot image.
>>
> 
> AFAIK, it's treated exactly like a normal boot sector on a floppy or
> HDD, i.e. it gets loaded to 0:7c00 and executed. In contrast to a normal
> boot sector, it can be larger than 512 bytes, of course.
> 
> 
>>I can't seem to find any
>>references to the NBP (network boot program) format.
>>
> 
> If you want to know all the ugly details, have a look at the PXE spec:
> ftp://download.intel.com//labs/manage/wfm/download/pxespec.pdf
> 
> Martin
> 
> 


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