Neverware apple netboot
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Ideally I would like to bootstrap the Mac into iPXE using the Mac Netboot environment without using usb (see above post).
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NOTE: This is not the same as putting it on a CD and booting it using CD.Īs I understand based on my research to date, when you boot to CD using iPXE (or windows/linux) etc, the Mac is booting in Bios Compatibility mode - Refer –Intel.re#Booting.įirstly that rules out booting a standard b compiled binary image from usb, and limits you to using a CD interface. I'd like to collate information relating to my attempts to boot iPXE 'over' the network on Apple iMac/Macbook hardware. Hopefully noone minds some double posting. Update filename from above as appropriate depending on what you're trying to load.
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Place grub.efi or other file you're trying to boot inside the i386 folder. I've spent some time searching around and it looks like some people have tried booting with the iPXE efi, but with mixed results and not clearly documented.Īgain, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.Ĭreate an i386 folder INSIDE your iPXE.nbi folder
Neverware apple netboot how to#
At this point I'm looking for any suggestions or input on how to get the Mac's into iPXE. My first thought was to just convert ipxe.iso to a bootable DMG, but that failed (Mac doesn't see it as a mountable system?). To keep things as simple as possible I would rather stay away from having to add anything to the Mac's to make them work, so I'm looking into how I can make iPXE into an acceptable netboot image. Since Mac's can't natively PXE boot I've been trying to figure out a good workaround for getting them into iPXE. The problem is booting over the network to our linux image for the actual imaging process. At this point FOG does not support Mac imaging, but we're working toward making this a possibility. On the PC side my initial testing works great, but I'm coming up against the giant hassle of Mac's. I'm fairly new to iPXE and what all it can do, but it looks like a great system and I'm working to integrate it into FOG for imaging computers over a network.