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Bug#607417: marked as done (win32-loader: please offer a "Boot from network with gPXE" option)

Your message dated Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:59:15 +0000
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and subject line Bug#607417: fixed in win32-loader 0.6.90
has caused the Debian Bug report #607417,
regarding win32-loader: please offer a "Boot from network with gPXE" option
to be marked as done.

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Package: win32-loader
Severity: wishlist
X=Debbugs-CC: Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>

First of all thank you for your wonderful win32-loader.

We've modified it a bit so that it adds a "Boot from network" entry in
the Windows boot loader, instead of loading a Linux kernel.
To accomplish this we statically linked gpxe.lkrn [1] to
win32-loader.exe, and we modified main.nsi to load this instead of
vmlinuz. No initrd was necessary.

Currently the resulting "ltsp-loader.exe" [2] is used in some thousand
Greek school PCs to netboot thin and fat clients. But many others have
asked for this functionality in the #ltsp irc channel and in the
ltsp-discuss mailing list, so we think it'd be much better if the
upstream win32-loader Makefile supported a "Boot from network with gPXE"
target.

Unfortunately gPXE is not yet in Debian due to (afaik) some unresolved
licensing issues. However if the win32-loader Makefile supported a gPXE
target, maybe one of the following would be possible:
 * The gPXE devs to compile win32-loader with the gPXE target, and to
   host the resulting win32-loader-gpxe.exe on their site themselves.
 * Or a sysadmin or user could do that for his own use.
 * Or win32-loader.exe could dynamically download gpxe.lkrn from the
   gPXE website.

If you want we can send you the .diff for main.nsi that we currently
have, but we aren't very skilled with NSIS scripting so if you decide to
add that functionality upstream you'd probably want to properly
reimplement this yourselves. :)

In any case thanks again,
Alkis Georgopoulos

[1]: http://www.etherboot.org/
[2]: http://users.sch.gr/alkisg/tosteki/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2136.0;attach=1941



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Source: win32-loader
Source-Version: 0.6.90

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
win32-loader, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

win32-loader_0.6.90.dsc
  to main/w/win32-loader/win32-loader_0.6.90.dsc
win32-loader_0.6.90.tar.gz
  to main/w/win32-loader/win32-loader_0.6.90.tar.gz
win32-loader_0.6.90_all.deb
  to main/w/win32-loader/win32-loader_0.6.90_all.deb
win32-loader_0.6.90_all.exe byhand
win32-loader_0.6.90_all.txt byhand



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 607417@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org> (supplier of updated win32-loader package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:15:32 +0100
Source: win32-loader
Binary: win32-loader
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.6.90
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
Description: 
 win32-loader - Debian-Installer loader for win32
Closes: 607417
Changes: 
 win32-loader (0.6.90) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   The "Let's Squeeze win32-loader!" release
 .
   * General
     - Remove license click-trough.
     - Add executable properties and proper branding.
     - Also add branding to the Uninstaller info in the Windows registry.
     - Split main.nsi in multiple files, make sure GPLv3+ license headers are
       in all split files.
     - Allow build-time outfile name selection.
     - Allow build-time choice of Company Name.
     - Enhance >= Vista boot device detection with bcdedit.exe.
     - Update my copyright notices to 2011.
 .
   * Standalone flavour
     - Add PXE functionality (Closes: #607417).
     - Add a PXE-specific boot text.
     - Add a notice in THANKS for the people behind the PXE patch.
     - Make the Windows bootloader entry distro- and kernel- specific.
     - Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was released as "stable", remove the corresponding
       TODO.
     - Allow opt-out of the the GNU/kFreeBSD download possibility.
     - Make sure default desktop is GNOME.
     - Use cdn.debian.net instead of ftp.se.d.o to download d-i kernels and
       initrd's.
     - Trustful download
       - Download and check Release{,.gpg} against debian-archive-keyring.gpg
         with gpgv.exe (thanks to the GnuPG maintainers).
       - Check downloaded kernels and initrd's against MD5SUMS.
     - Enhance message for download errors.
     - Don't install the standalone flavour, as it reaches the mirrors trough
       byhand.
     - Only build the standalone version if BYHAND is yes.
     - Document which packages in which versions are embedded.
     - Build the standalone exe with its definitive name.
 .
   * Bug-fixing
     - Make sure grub.cfg is always referred to as being in $INSTDIR
       (C:\win32-loader\).
     - Feed the $windows_version variable with something sensible (instead
       of nothing).
     - Use the charset-secured $d-i_ntldr for modern Windows 7 hosts too.
     - Create variable d only on the CD flavours.
     - Define Windows register indexes as build-time variables.
     - Move bcdedit.exe finding earlier.
 .
   * Localisation
     - Fix the Icelandic translation.
     - Add new strings for PXE boot, GPG checking, checksum computation.
     - Force LANGUAGE to fallback to LANG_ENGLISH.
     - Re-brand the program as 'Debian-Installer loader'.
     - Add target distribution and kernel to boot line.
 .
   * Packaging
    - Append version and arch to the byhand filenames, to make dak happy;
      thanks to Joerg Jaspert for the dak digging!
    - Add a gitignore file.
    - Bump B-D on grub-pc to >= 1.99~rc1-3 (see #613245).
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