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Re: [Xen-users] PXE-booting Xen

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PXE-booting Xen
From: "Andreas Bach Aaen (AH/TED)" <andreas.bach.aaen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:50:58 +0200
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On Torsdag 11 august 2005 03:04, Rusty Greer wrote:
> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=xen-users&i=20050428
>132954.GD12740%40cray.cl.cam.ac.uk

Interesting. A multiboot bootloader chained in after pxelinux.

> The PXE stuff runs, as soon as it loads the pxe config file, the screen
> goes blank and a few seconds later, the machine reboots.
>
> Any ideas on how to get Xen to PXE boot?  Or should I simply look
> somewhere else?  Any recommendations on where else to look?

I have success with pxegrub. I use version 0.95 of grub and have added a patch 
to support more NICs. Look for: grub-0.95-diskless-patch-2.patch.gz
found on: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9408

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