How to iPXE boot from http iso on www.vultr.com

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If your custom iso is not mounting, and your console is at an iPXE shell, you can:

initrd http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/iso/10/amd64/mfsbsd-se-10.1-RELEASE-amd64.iso

While the iso is downloading, vultr's iPXE does not include memdisk, so we have to upload it ourselves to another host.

Here's one I found public, though I wouldn't recommend using it: http://preseed.panticz.de/ipxe/memdisk

After the iso is downloaded and we get back a prompt, we can then:

chain http://your_host/memdisk iso

You can even make an iPXE script:

#!ipxe
initrd http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/iso/10/amd64/mfsbsd-se-10.1-RELEASE-amd64.iso
chain http://your_host/memdisk iso

I used these steps on iPXE Contabo boot and worked, thanks!

Self hosted memdisk from the syslinux package of course.

I used these steps on iPXE Contabo boot and worked, thanks!

Self hosted memdisk from the syslinux package of course.

@janondrusek
Did you try it on a contabo vps, and when did you buy it?
Because im trying to do the same but it wont work.