[ipxe-devel] Booting LiveCD ISO over TFTP?

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Wed Sep 27 19:36:21 UTC 2017


On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 06:00:41PM +0000, Richard Duran wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Today is the first day I start looking at iPXE.

Welcome


> I could not find much documentation,
> but did spend time searching the web for answers without success.

Please review http://networkboot.org/


> I've seen examples that use "iso raw" to boot Live CDs. Do I need
> to explicitly specific "tftp" in any "base-" or "root-" variables,
> or is tftp assumed if iscsi/http are not used?

The combination of "Live CDs" and "TFTP" feels wrong.

Advice:
* Continue with your expriments on iPXE.
* Reduce the use of TFTP to a minimum.
* Combine "Live CDs" with HTTP.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
-- 
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