What is the latest version of iPXE?

What is the latest version of iPXE?

iPXE

Developer(s)	iPXE project
Stable release	1.21.1 / December 31, 2020
Repository	git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git
Written in	C
Type	Boot loader

What is SLAX iPXE?

If Slax is started with the boot option “Act as PXE server”, it executes /sbin/pxe script during startup (in between runlevel 3 and runlevel 4). When the new initramfs image is created, Slax data files are symlinked to /var/state/dnsmasq/root/* so the files can be downloaded by the client machines later.

How does iPXE boot work?

PXE Boot Process

1. The device sends out a DHCP broadcast and states that it needs to PXE boot (you’ve often initiated this request by hitting F12 on the device as it starts up)
2. The DHCP server picks up this broadcast and replies with a suggested IP address to use.

How do I set up iPXE?

Step by step guide

1. Make network interface connected to PXE boot network is correctly configured.
2. Update PXE boot server to latest version.
3. Install required packages.
4. Create TFTP root directory.
5. Copy iPXE boot images to TFTP directory.
6. Create iPXE menu directory and boot menu.
7. Create dnsmasq config file at /etc/dnsmasq.

How do you make iPXE?

1. Install tools and config IPXE.
2. Create the embedded script.
3. Compile IPXE.
4. Configure DNS server.
5. Create main.
6. Add Ubuntu Netboot (BIOS only)
7. Add Debian Netboot.
8. Boot Ubuntu 20.04 Live.

Can you boot gPXE from a web server?

Users with DHCP deployments that can’t be changed may want to try: gPXE can boot from a web server just as easily as from a TFTP server. Web servers typically scale better than TFTP servers, and don’t suffer from the file size limitations and other problems that plague TFTP booting.

Is the gPXE project the same as iPXE?

Same as gPXE, but there’s no dev on gPXE since august 2010, and a new project starts known as iPXE. all what i written on gPXE is valid for iPXE, the git clone is just not the same.

What happens when the chainloaded gPXE starts up?

When the chainloaded gPXE starts up, it will issue a fresh DHCP request and boot whatever the DHCP server hands out. The DHCP server is currently set up to hand out the gPXE image, which means that you will be stuck in an infinite loop: PXE will load gPXE which will load gPXE which will load gPXE which will load gPXE…

Can a gPXE driver be used instead of a hardware driver?

When chainloading gPXE from PXE, gPXE can use this API (instead of loading an hardware driver). This way, you’re getting support for network controllers that are not natively supported by gPXE. some network controllers have improved performance when using the UNDI driver over the vendor specific gPXE driver (forcedeth for example).