[ipxe-devel] Command line disabled when embedding a script

[Michael Brown]

On Thursday 26 May 2011 15:53:39 Nicolas Bourbaki wrote:
> Is there a way not to disable the command-line when embedding a script
> inside the ipxe binary ?
> 
> Whenever you build using the following:
> 
> make EMBEDDED_IMAGE=<path-to-script>
> 
> the command line gets disabled which can be annoying when you try to
> debug things.

You can use the "shell" command to enter an interactive shell from within the 
script.  For example:

  #!ipxe
  dhcp || shell # Drop to shell if DHCP fails

As Shao mentioned, you can also use the "prompt" command 
(http://ipxe.org/cmd/prompt) to emulate the standard "Press Ctrl-B" behaviour.

Michael