✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27

I really hate dnsmasq. every once in a while I have a problem and some Linux guy tells me "just use PXE bro" and then I spend a hour configuring PXE that doesn't fucking work without displaying a single debug print and all of this is a complete waste of time.

the UI of dnsmasq is atrocious; if I wanted to be able to tweak every DHCP option I would use my TCP/IP stack to answer DHCP queries. just give me something that can boot a machine without four hours of twiddling with options that are required for correct operation yet nobody bothers to give them names better than "66"

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27
I don't think there's been a single time in my life when I successfully PXE-booted something outside of a perfectly-controlled, utility-free environment with a crossover Ethernet cable
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27

this time I can't even get it to boot in a completely artificial environment. the PXE boot ROM doesn't log anything to the display and when it errors out it shows the error for like 100 milliseconds before switching to the next boot option

fucking useless technology

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@whitequark Can't it log via #Syslog to another device on lan?

(I'm a complete PXE, NetBoot noob but interested )

Feb 27 at 6:36pmWeb
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27
@DLC it's not Linux. it's what some crackhead shit the vendor has put into the UEFI with no explanation or much testing
Show threadDimly Lit CornersFeb 27

@whitequark v.v

Our sincere condolences

#UEFIConsideredHarmful

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 27
@DLC I misremembered, actually. this particular flavor of crackhead shit predates UEFI (it requires CSM to work) and lives in the network card's option ROM.