Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:00:59 -0500 From: "Alfred Perlstein" <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> To: <fredy@elitenet.com.br>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is it possible? What do I need? Message-ID: <00ad01bd3b04$d6faa3a0$0600a8c0@win95.local.sunyit.edu>
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i know how (theory)*and* and i don't know how (reality) :) you should look at the tools to make a boot floppy, basically what you want to do is set up boot floppy that loads the kernel and then uses tftp (trivial ftp) to download and run the needed config files from a centralized server, with a little hacking i'm sure it is possible to set up each PC to download it's own config/root files. you must then set up swapping over NFS and mount the rest of the dirs over NFS. you will need to burn this boot floppy to a rom chip and put it on the network cards. and if you don't want to to tear your hair out, i would suggest a 100mbs setup so swapping over NFS doesn't make you scream.... If anyone on the list thinks this is out of order or just plain wrong, please speak up, but i seem to rember people doing it this way from earlier posts on the list. -Alfred -----Original Message----- From: fredy <fredy@elitenet.com.br> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Monday, February 16, 1998 7:49 AM Subject: Is it possible? What do I need? >I was think to put 1 computer running FreeBSD(complete config.) and more >5 stations, wich does not have Hard disk neither floppy disk, only 8 mb >ram and 1 network board with boot remote, so I want using boot remote >the computer load the kernel on the main computer and after using Telnet >or anything like access the main computer. Is it possible? >How to do it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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