Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:20:22 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot over network Message-ID: <20060821162022.65a0b0fd.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <44EA12C6.2030902@gmail.com> References: <44EA12C6.2030902@gmail.com>
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In response to Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>: > Hello Folks, > > I was just wondering if this can be done. > > I would like to have a FreeBSD server which would supply a few > workstations connected over the network a boot image. The catch is the > boot image has to be a Ubuntu Linux image. I have a fresh installed > FreeBSD box as well as a working Ubuntu box which boots locally. All the > systems in question has network boot enabled NICs. Can the above setup > be done? Any pointers would be welcome. Yes. It can be done. It's a matter of enabling DHCP and TFTP and configuring each with the correct parameters. FreeBSD is capable of being an NFS/TFTP server and serving out any netboot image that will work with DHCP. Don't have any links to recommend off the top of my head, but I would expect a little google searching should turn some stuff up. You don't really need FreeBSD-specific instructions, just adjust when the config files are in different places. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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