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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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