From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [IPv6:2a01:7e0:0:424::9]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C54DE1FF13B for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:07:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E4D976862; Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:08:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <0fec8ec2-232f-4a4a-b9d7-bd9deb484045@proxmox.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:07:54 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH installer] assistant: add support for splitting ISO into (i)PXE-compatible files To: Alwin Antreich , Christoph Heiss , pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com References: <20260204121025.630269-1-c.heiss@proxmox.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Hannes Duerr In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 55990f41-d878-4baa-be0a-ee34c49e34d2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1772032057878 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.990 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED 1.113 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to Validity was blocked. See https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243 for more information. RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED 0.358 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to Validity was blocked. See https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243 for more information. RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED 0.659 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to Validity was blocked. See https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243 for more information. SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Message-ID-Hash: NNEDO7SXUGP4PMCVXLASSLC26YKX263Q X-Message-ID-Hash: NNEDO7SXUGP4PMCVXLASSLC26YKX263Q X-MailFrom: h.duerr@proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 2/18/26 8:31 PM, Alwin Antreich wrote: >> FWIW, I'm also working on PXELINUX support, but that has a few quirks. >> >> Tested this with a TFTP server and default iPXE. I.e. copying >> `boot.ipxe`, `vmlinuz`, `initrd.img` and the `.iso` file to the TFTP >> server root, and then booting off it using the iPXE commandline using: >> >> $ dhcp >> $ chain --autofree tftp:///boot.ipxe >> >> In addition, tested this with OPNsense set up such that it automatically >> instructs iPXE to load `boot.ipxe` from the set TFTP server, completely >> automating an installation from booting the machine to being able to >> log into the finished system. >> > Frank and I have tested your patch and aside from what Hannes already wrote, it worked nicely. +1 > > I've tried additionally to PXE boot it with secure boot. It would be awesome if you could add a signed ipxe.efi. > Sadly I had to go with the shimx64.efi route (my test with the shim command didn't work :/ ). We can't do the signing our self, but @f.gruenbichler told me yesterday that there is finally secureboot support from ipxe upstream since last november. Further information and a link to download the signed ipxe-shim can be found in the pull-request [0] [0] https://github.com/rhboot/shim-review/issues/319#issuecomment-3521239969 > I also love the idea of a netboot image that could bring down the memory usage and load time. Otherwise ipxe has sanboot, that might help on the ipxe front. > > Thanks > > Cheers, > Alwin