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Using removable media

You can place gPXE onto a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM, or USB key. This will contain drivers for all supported network cards, and lets you quickly and easily try out gPXE.

Creating a bootable floppy disk

Download the source tree, and build a floppy disk image using 

  make bin/gpxe.dsk
  cp bin/gpxe.dsk gpxe.dsk

Transfer the image to a blank floppy disk using 

  dd if=bin/gpxe.dsk of=/dev/fd0

where /dev/fd0 is your floppy disk drive. Note that this will erase any information currently on the disk.

Creating a bootable CD-ROM

Download the source tree, and build an ISO image using 

  make bin/gpxe.iso

Use your usual CD-burning program (e.g. cdrecord, k3b, etc.) to burn the bin/gpxe.iso image to a blank CD-ROM.

Creating a bootable USB key

Download the source tree, and build a USB key image using 

  make bin/gpxe.usb

Transfer the image to a blank USB key using 

  dd if=bin/gpxe.usb of=/dev/sdX

where /dev/sdX is your USB key. Note that this will erase any information currently on the USB key. Make sure that /dev/sdX really is your USB key, and is not your real hard disk!


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