Re: [Xen-users] PXE + XEN

[Joseph Glanville <joseph.glanville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 April 2012 05:45, Ian Tobin <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure about para guests but with him you can boot from network by
> pressing F12 at boot time

Not sure if the keyboard press will work.
However if you specify boot="n" in the config file the guest will DHCP
and PXE boot via the network.

>
> Not tried it personally though
>
> Cheers
>
> Ian
>
>
> On 3 Apr 2012, at 20:31, "M N" <nichuspam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I would like to ask about XEN (paravirtualization) + PXE working together
> ....
>
> I have xen environment and would like to install few clients using PXE
> (everything on debian)  ...
> Is it possible at all?
>
> It's hard to find any useful information on that (even official FAQ has not
> working link)
> please check here the question:
> Is it possible to start a VM that contains just gpxe?
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_Installation#Is_it_possible_to_start_a_VM_that_contains_just_gpxe.3F
>
> I found some information about gpxy and pypxeboot but i can't make it
> work...
>
> For pypxeboot it needs udhcp - but it's not used any more - it's in busybox
> now...
>
> so could someone confirm that it is possible to make it work ?
>
> Regards,
> nichu
>
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