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=== Building ===
=== Building ===
=== Booting ===
=== Booting ===
* keep pressing ctrl+b while booting
* it will give you a shell:
iPXE> _
* You will then need to type some commands to make it boot on the WiFi from the Internet.
* Identify your ESSID
iwlist
* set the ESSID
config
* get an IP Address
dhcp
* test the official demo (requires a ps2 keyboard)
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php

Revision as of 16:14, 7 October 2012

iPXE is a tool for loading an operating system over a network. It is a fork of GPXE.

Like GPXE uses legacy BIOS callbacks, and it works well with SeaBIOS. See GPXE.

Building and Running in seaBIOS howto

Building

Booting

  • keep pressing ctrl+b while booting
  • it will give you a shell:
iPXE> _
  • You will then need to type some commands to make it boot on the WiFi from the Internet.
  • Identify your ESSID
iwlist
  • set the ESSID
config
  • get an IP Address
dhcp
  • test the official demo (requires a ps2 keyboard)
chain http://boot.ipxe.org/demo/boot.php