From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 11 11:11:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from state.net (dorthy.state.net [204.75.238.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65EC37B529 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:11:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jon@state.net) Received: from state.net (redoak.state.net [204.75.238.247]) by state.net (8.8.8/8.7.2) with ESMTP id NAA16092 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:13:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <399441BC.C3A9CA13@state.net> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:11:08 -0500 From: Jon X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can diskless clients boot from a FreeBSD server like Solaris? References: <200008110542.e7B5gSL05802@fedde.littleton.co.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Isn't pxeboot part of -current, or is it in -release? Chris Fedde wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:16:45 -0500 (CDT) "Roger P. Johnson" wrote: > +------------------ > | Hi, > | > | > | Want to boot diskless PC's from a FreeBSD server. > | > | Can this be done? I've only seen in the Handbook that you need > | Solaris/other for booting diskless PC's. > | > | Any RTFM's, pointers, others experiences on this? > | > | Can I turn a diskless PC into an X-terminal ?? > | > | Thanks, > | Roger > +------------------ > > I've done some experimentation with PicoBSD along these lines. > Basicaly I've been thinking about using a boot floppy to get things > going then take over at rc.diskless1. There is also a manual page > for pxeboot(8) but I don't know anything about it. > > chris > > -- > Chris Fedde > 303 773 9134 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message