add note about range header in SimpleHTTPServer

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Rick van de Loo 2017-04-30 14:47:22 +02:00 committed by Fabian
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@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ There are two ways to load images (`bios`, `vga_bios`, `cdrom`, `hda`, ...):
size_in_bytes` can be added to the object, so that sectors of the image
are loaded on demand instead of being loaded before boot (slower, but
strongly recommended for big files). In that case, the `Range: bytes=...`
header must be supported on the server.
header must be supported on the server. Note: the python SimpleHTTPServer
does not support this, so it won't work with the default webserver used
by `make run`.
```javascript
// download file before boot