Re: grub 1.99: no TFTP-booting when GRUB is locally installed --- why?

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 04.09.2011 20:33, René Kuligowski wrote:
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> Apparently, GRUB's network capabilities are only designed to be loaded
> as an etherboot/PXE image itself.  There is currently no possibility
> (at least, none that I could derive) to install GRUB on a host, obtain
> a DHCP config and TFTP-boot a remotely served kernel that attaches its
> filesystems and swap space via NFS and swapd.  An example of a
> bootloader supporting this method is eg. Petitboot on the PS3, or some
> m68k and ix86 based bootloaders (for which I'd have to look up their
> names, sorry --- once installed, always worked).  This method would be
> most useful in GRUB --- diskless clients could load GRUB from CMOS or
> VRAM, thin clients/desktops could use alternate systems to their
> locally installed ones *WITHOUT* the need to install them locally,
> centralized kernel/fs hosting for common environments with the most
> recent updates/patches.
> Please add this boot method as soon as possible.
How much do you pay me to do it?
>
> Regards,
>
> R. Kuligowski
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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