FS#72773 - [ipxe] Provide binaries without embedded scripts
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Opened by Bogdan Szczurek (thebodzio) - Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 14:15 GMT
Last edited by David Runge (dvzrv) - Sunday, 22 May 2022, 12:04 GMT
Opened by Bogdan Szczurek (thebodzio) - Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 14:15 GMT
Last edited by David Runge (dvzrv) - Sunday, 22 May 2022, 12:04 GMT
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Could you, please, please, beside Arch specific and
“default” binaries, also provide a vanilla binary, without
any scripts embedded? I just attempted to set up my in-house
netboot server using this package and wasted about an hour
trying to understand why iPXE ignores DHCP provided options
to look for boot script at an arbitrary URL. This was soooo
annoying, especially, since package does not have any
documentation to explain what do the binaries do.
Thank you for your time and effort! Both are much appreciated! |
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Closed by David Runge (dvzrv)
Sunday, 22 May 2022, 12:04 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed with ipxe 1.21.1-4
Sunday, 22 May 2022, 12:04 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed with ipxe 1.21.1-4
The default ipxe binaries do not embed scripts anymore and I have added a -remote suffixed set of binaries that include the previous "default.ipxe" (now "remote.ipxe") script.
Please let me know if ipxe 1.21.1-4 in [community-testing] works for you!
I just tested it for “classic” PXE (no-UEFI) and it worked perfectly.
As a sidenote, though, would you be willing to provide also a version with framebuffer console support? I used that as well and it doesn't seem like a big problem, especially, since, as you've said, you already did something similar with the “remote” variant. It requires some minor changes in “config/console.h” and “config/general.h” as described here: https://ipxe.org/buildcfg/console_framebuffer.
Anyway: thank you again! 👍😁👍
Created ticket, guys who use load from arch pxe's should check EFI loading at next week Monday
Thanks!
Thanks!
Please create a new ticket for the other feature request. It gets hard to close tickets otherwise.