Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 18:56:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Diskless Workstation -- Problems needing to be addressed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970924185546.742B-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970924151030.16735D-100000@pooh.cdrom.com>
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Are these known to boot freebsd using bootp and tftp (i.e. have you tried it yourself or a close friend). I ask because most cards can do this just not with freebsd off the shelf. On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Murray Stokely wrote: > SMC EtherPower II cards (10/100bt) have optional boot eproms for about > $25. (the cards themselves are about $70). > > On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > % Just curious, did you manage to boot from an eprom with 100Mbit > % cards ? Last time I tried this was only possible with 10Mbit cards, > % except the obvious option (one 10-mbit card with the boot rom, one > % 100-mbit which supports the real traffic). > % > % > easily setting up diskless workstations in the installation, because there > % > are a different set of things that need to be done on the master server, > % > % what I have is a script which clones the root partition by making a > % small set of changes and symlinks where needed. > > Murray Stokely > >
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