Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:59:44 -0700 (MST) From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov> To: Andy Sporner <sporner@nentec.de> Cc: freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sharing files within a cluster Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212120858520.17485-100000@carotid.ccs.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <3DF861DF.9000704@nentec.de>
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On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Andy Sporner wrote: > I think this is called PXE. Pre-XEcution boot environment from Intel. > When you select Network Boot, it hits a DHCP server for an IP address > and then a PXE server for a floppy image. Then it kicks off the image > just like a FD. The systems I've used have a 32KB limit. So you use PXE to boot the thing that boots the thing. It's stupid. Also can't boot over things it doesn't know, e.g. myrinet. We boot over myrinet. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-cluster" in the body of the message
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