Re: [grub #30] Can pxegrub boot a diskless dos?

[Kary Larsen]

Thank you for the help.   Memdisk did the trick.

By adding
title Network Boot
root (nd)
kernel /memdisk
initrd /boot.img

to my grub.conf file I was able to boot a dos floppy disk image off of the 
tftp server.

Thanks again
Kary

> From: "James S. Martin" <address@hidden>
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> To: BugCommunicator <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [grub #30] Can pxegrub boot a diskless dos?
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:37:24 -0500
>
> You might want to try memdisk from the syslinux package.  It lets you boot 
> DOS floppy images.
>
>
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/memdisk.php
>
>
> James
>
> address@hidden wrote:
> > Reporter: address@hidden
> > Summary: Can pxegrub boot a diskless dos?
> > Version: 0.93
> > Type: action request
> >
> > Message:
> > Not really a bug, but a cry for help.
> >
> > I am working on a project and would like to be able to boot 
> > Dos/Windows9x/XP on a diskless workstation.   I have pxegrub working great 
> > for linux images, but it will not load images of Dos or Windows.
> >
> > I can not find any definite information on the list about if this is 
> > possible, and if so how does one do it.  How do I create the boot image, 
> > and what do I add to grub-conf to make it boot from a tftp server.
> >
> > Any help anyone can give me would be appreciated.
> > Kary
> >
> >
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