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-Etherboot 5.4.0
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+gPXE 0.5.1
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-PXE is now supported.  You will also need to configure your server to
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-provide a pxelinux.0 loader file, kernel and initrd images, and a
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-pxelinux.cfg directory with a appropriate configuration spec files.
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+gPXE is an implementation of the PXE specification with extensions to
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+allow additional features such as booting via HTTP, iSCSI, and AoE.
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+In generally, it is compatible with the PXE specification, and also
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+supports Etherboot .nbi file loading.
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-See the PXELINUX home page at:
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-    http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php
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-for more information. 
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-There is no longer a default target for make.  You must specify an
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-argument to make. Help text is now provided to indicate possible make
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-targets.
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-It should be possible to compile Etherboot with gcc >= 3.3.3, including
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-gcc 3.4.x now that a couple of bugs have been tracked down. Please mail
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-reports of success or failure to the etherboot-users list, together with
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-the versions of gcc and binutils used.
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-gcc 2.x is not supported anymore. You need at least gcc 3.x to compile
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-etherboot due to C99 constructs.
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-Removed etherboot(-pci)?.* rule because there are too many drivers and
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-the image will no longer fit in memory. I don't want to choose a subset
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-of drivers as everybody will have different preferences. So I'm going to
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-piss off everybody equally by deleting the rule. Use the multiple driver
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-rule (driver1--driver2--...) and select your own subset of drivers.
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-In order to create .iso and .liso images you will need to have the
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-packages mtools-3.9.9 or later, and syslinux-2.08 or later installed on
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-your system.  These packages are available in various locations and
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-formats.  .liso images are like .iso but use floppy emulation.  If you
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-have a very old BIOS and .liso images don't work you may wish to try
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-adding the -s option of syslinux as a last resort.
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-EMERGENCYDISKBOOT has been renamed EXIT_IF_NO_OFFER, which describes it
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-better.
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-Menuing using DHCP options (mknbi/menu.c) has been removed.
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-.exe format can be generated by doesn't work so not publicised.

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