Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
...Then you can easily have qemu guests netboot from somewhere without any
local pxe/tftp setup, like this:
qemu -fw-file gpxe/default=bko.gpxe
That looks a bit like:
# qemu -kernel gpxe.lkrn -initrd bko.gpxe -hda /dev/null
which might be useful iff the *.lkrn build
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> Note that this patch only adds the fw_cfg file interface mechanism, it
>> does not
>> automatically probe for a special file when gPXE starts. You will
>> need to manually
>> "chain fw_cfg:genroms/file".
>
> That should be changed too IMHO
gPXE> imgfetch fw_cfg:genroms/static.gpxe
Neat idea. On the qemu side we better shouldn't abuse the -option-rom
switch though as seabios will try to load these files as option roms.
Note that this patch only adds the fw_cfg file interface mechanism, it does not
automatically probe for a sp
This patch makes it possible for gPXE under QEMU/KVM to fetch files from the
host using the fw_cfg file interface. This means gPXE in the guest can fetch an
exposed file from the host without using networking.
I believe this feature will be useful to management software so that
network boot
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