[ipxe-devel] Booting via usb-wlan-stick possible?

[Robin Smidsrød]

On 02.08.2013 16:47, Oliver Rath wrote:

> is following scenario possible:

No.

> - Client with usb-wlan-stick (ralink5300)

Not supported. No support for USB devices in iPXE. No support for
ralink5300 chip. In fact, I can't seem to find support for any ralink
devices at all (using src/util/niclist.pl).

> - CF-card 128M

No problem, as long as this card's reader is a USB or PCI device that
supports BIOS boot with an appropriate Option ROM (or BIOS already
supports booting it). Does the CF card show up in the boot options list
in the BIOS?

> - ipxe-Image on on CF-Card

ipxe.usb written to the entire CF card using dd should work.

> - embedded in ipxe-image settings for WPA-security

Obviously, an embedded script with the SSID and key is required.

> The problem at the moment is, that ipxe doesnt see the stick.

As explained above. Not supported (yet). No ETA on when that will
happen. No funding available, and not a lot of interest from the core
developers (AFAIK).

-- Robin