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| 15:33.46 | phiker_ | hi, can I somehow tell the clients through a dhcp option not to search for a PXE server, but use the boot-server/TFTP included in the dhcp offer? |
| 18:07.53 | Nirkus | phiker_: AFAIR you cant. PXE servers will always overwrite options received from non-PXE DHCP servers. |
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| 18:57.46 | *** topic/##pxe is PXE HOWTO at: http://pxe.dev.aboveaverageurl.com/index.php/PXE_Index | Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment (also at de.wiki) | Need help? Stick around (for about 8 hours, we're probably sleeping or at school)! | Want logs? http://tinyurl.com/2ja6hn | No, you cannot PXE boot an ISO. |
| 19:30.25 | phiker_ | Nirkus, after some investigation, I've found that one can set a few PXE options through DHCP vendor options (43) |
| 19:30.35 | phiker_ | including PXE_DISCOVERY_CONTROL (6) |
| 19:30.44 | phiker_ | there it says "bit 3 = If set, and a boot file name is present in the |
| 19:30.44 | phiker_ | initial DHCP or ProxyDHCP offer packet, |
| 19:30.44 | phiker_ | download the boot file (do not |
| 19:30.44 | phiker_ | prompt/menu/discover)." |
| 19:31.17 | phiker_ | I hope that that'll do the trick |
| 19:32.05 | phiker_ | my only concern is whether this will even be parsed if the proxydhcp offer is faster than the regular dhcp offer (pxe server and dhcp server are on two different machines) |
| 19:36.02 | Nirkus | phiker_: a pxe client will always wait for at least 1 DHCP lease offering IP configuration |
| 19:36.30 | Nirkus | so Proxy DHCP leases w/o ip configuration will let the client wait |
| 19:36.40 | phiker_ | yeah, but which PXE_DISCOVERY_CONTROL will it use? |
| 19:37.02 | Nirkus | AFAIK thats not defined by the spec |
| 19:37.16 | phiker_ | :/ |
| 19:37.23 | phiker_ | so basically, it could work. or not. |
| 19:37.31 | Nirkus | yap. |
| 19:37.46 | phiker_ | well, I'll see tomorrow, thanks for helping me |
| 19:37.59 | Nirkus | phiker_: but.. whow the f*ck comes you have PXE servers on your network but have no control over them? |
| 19:38.03 | Nirkus | np |
| 19:38.07 | phiker_ | proprietary ;) |
| 19:38.16 | Nirkus | phiker_: unplugg'em :) |
| 19:38.42 | phiker_ | and then? |
| 19:38.47 | Nirkus | phiker_: or you could use a realy, realy baaad linux hack with bridgewalling it :> |
| 19:39.06 | Nirkus | phiker_: they wont send PXE leases anymore :) |
| 19:39.29 | phiker_ | Nirkus, yeah, but the software (it costs money, btw) isn't that useful then :P |
| 19:39.38 | phiker_ | and afaik there is no free alternative |
| 19:40.19 | Nirkus | you've got a software which contains a Proxy DHCP but dont want to use the PXE lease data? |
| 19:40.22 | Nirkus | oO |
| 19:40.31 | Nirkus | windows server xyz? |
| 19:40.37 | phiker_ | huh? |
| 19:40.55 | Nirkus | a, gotta go.. i may be back tomorrow |
| 19:41.01 | phiker_ | have fun, bye |
| 19:41.15 | Nirkus | bye |