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== Building and Running in seaBIOS howto == | == Building and Running in seaBIOS howto == | ||
| + | Here are the goals of this howto: | ||
| + | * fits in 128k for easier building process | ||
| + | * boot over an ath9k WiFi over an open/unencrypted wifi to an image that resides on the internet... | ||
=== Building === | === Building === | ||
=== Booting === | === Booting === | ||
Revision as of 16:20, 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
Here are the goals of this howto:
* fits in 128k for easier building process * boot over an ath9k WiFi over an open/unencrypted wifi to an image that resides on the internet...
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
