[ipxe-devel] [gPXE] Set up iBFT table without booting

[Michael Brown]

On Friday 28 Jan 2011 16:00:57 Binh Thai wrote:
> Hello every one,
> 
> The command "sanboot ..." sets up the iBFT table and also executes an
> iSCSI boot. Is there any way for gPXE/iPXE to only set up the iSCSI
> connection without booting to it?

iPXE can.  Two ways:

1. Specify a boot filename as well as the iSCSI root path.  iPXE will set up 
the iSCSI connection and then boot from the specified filename, rather than 
booting from the iSCSI target.

2. Set the options "skip-san" and "keep-san" and then use "sanboot".

3. (not yet implemented) Use the command "sanhook".

(gPXE can't do any of these; you'll need to use iPXE.)

Michael