[gPXE] windows xp http boot

[luz kazar]

Hi All,can anyone help me on the process of booting windows xp over http
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[Shao Miller]

Good day to you.

Windows has no idea about HTTP disks, so you'd need an HTTP disk driver.
WinVBlock already has development code for this, but it has not yet been
released. This might be included in the next WinVBlock release.

In addition, an HTTP disk is read-only, so it is only useful with an .ISO,
such as a Windows XP PE .ISO.

Or, if you want, you can simply use HTTP as the protocol to _download_ any
Windows XP disk image, then use MEMDISK and WinVBlock. That has a large RAM
requirement, but it allows for the virtual disk to be read & write. I do
this all the time:

kernel http://webserver/memdisk hdd
initrd http://webserver/winxp.hdd
boot

- Shao Miller

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Subject: [gPXE] windows xp http boot

Hi All,can anyone help me on the process of booting windows xp over http