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Re: BOOTP question - PXE 2.0
- From: Martin Buck <martin dot buck at ascom dot ch>
- To: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 13:00:11 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] BOOTP question - PXE 2.0
- Newsgroups: local.ecos.discuss
- Organization: Ascom Systec AG
- References: <3CCEBFCA.9050505@centtech.com>
Stephen Polkowski wrote:
> Does anyone know what the format should be for a BOOTP image? I've setup
> a PC with a 82559 card that has it's own PXE 2.0 option rom. My
> ultimate goal is to have it load redboot from my BOOTP server. Does
> anyone know what PXE expects as a boot image.
AFAIK, it's treated exactly like a normal boot sector on a floppy or
HDD, i.e. it gets loaded to 0:7c00 and executed. In contrast to a normal
boot sector, it can be larger than 512 bytes, of course.
> I can't seem to find any
> references to the NBP (network boot program) format.
If you want to know all the ugly details, have a look at the PXE spec:
ftp://download.intel.com//labs/manage/wfm/download/pxespec.pdf
Martin
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