Re: i386: boot using tftp by default when using pxeboot

To: Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>
Subject: Re: i386: boot using tftp by default when using pxeboot
From: Matthias Scheler <tron%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:00:23 +0100

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:21:15PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> pxeboot_ia32.bin tries to boot 'netbsd' by default, which fails in most
> cases.  It does not make sense imo to try booting a local kernel when
> booting the machine via PXE.  I suggest that when we boot using PXE, we
> default to loading 'tftp:netbsd' instead.

That makes perfect sense to me.

> Comments?  ok?

Yes, thanks a lot for looking into this.

        Kind regards

-- 
Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/

References:
- i386: boot using tftp by default when using pxeboot
  - From: Marc Balmer

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