[Dnsmasq-discuss] Using UEFI with dnsmasq

[Simon Kelley]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Hi all; the blade-based systems I'm currently using use PXE to boot and
> all is well.  However, the next generation blades will be using UEFI and
> I'm not very familiar with it.  I can't seem to find any good docs for
> network booting with UEFI either.  Does anyone have any examples of
> using UEFI with dnsmasq?  Any instructions for dhcp options that might
> be needed?
> 

As far as I can see, EFI systems use PXE, just the same, so the dnsmasq
configuration isn't really different. Of course the environment seen by
the first-stage loader you supply will be different, so you'll need to a
different binary (a quick google says elilo.efi instead of pxelinux, but
don't quote me on that).

The only other difference is that if you're using full-fat PXE, rather
than just dhcp-boot, the Client System Architecture changes


 pxe-service=x86-64_EFI, "Install Linux", elilo.efi, 1.2.3.4

HTH

Simon.