Apparently, GRUB's network capabilities are only designed to be loaded as an etherboot/PXE image itself. There is currently no possibility (at least, none that I could derive) to install GRUB on a host, obtain a DHCP config and TFTP-boot a remotely served kernel that attaches its filesystems and swap space via NFS and swapd. An example of a bootloader supporting this method is eg. Petitboot on the PS3, or some m68k and ix86 based bootloaders (for which I'd have to look up their names, sorry --- once installed, always worked). This method would be most useful in GRUB --- diskless clients could load GRUB from CMOS or VRAM, thin clients/desktops could use alternate systems to their locally installed ones *WITHOUT* the need to install them locally, centralized kernel/fs hosting for common environments with the most recent updates/patches.
Please add this boot method as soon as possible. Regards, R. Kuligowski _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
