[coreboot] CoreBoot and Payloads

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Thu Feb 5 00:24:46 CET 2009


Piotr Brostovski wrote:
> > I think gpxe works with following combination
> > Coreboot + SeaBIOS + gpxe.
> 
> That sounds great - but how can i do it?
> 
> 
> Can i attach the gPXE as an image inside the rom?
> An load it from memory, like filo can do it?

No. That is not possible right now.


> Or do i have to use a hd, floppy, etc?

A hard drive or CD-ROM would work best with SeaBIOS.

I think the idea is that SeaBIOS should behave exactly like a BIOS
and if you need something else you use a different payload.


//Peter




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