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Date:      Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:52:57 -0500
From:      Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
To:        "matthew zeier" <matthew@velvet.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Install FreeBSD via PXE
Message-ID:  <01012918525700.43469@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <01c501c08a3a$46321f00$de3583d1@mrzto>
References:  <01c501c08a3a$46321f00$de3583d1@mrzto>

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Well, I don't know if Alfred will get to this, but here is the pxe page:
http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/

						Tim

On Monday January 29, 2001 16:27, matthew zeier wrote:
> The handbook talks about "Diskless Operation"
> (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/diskless.html) using
> netboot.com/netboot.rom.
>
> I want to do something similiar with PXE.  Anyone have a how-to
> guide?  I came across pxe-freebsd.txt but looks like I'm booting
> Linux first and then FreeBSD.  The 4.1 Release notes talk about PXE
> support.
>
> We're trying to do headless installations of Solaris x86 which
> doesn't currently support PXE installs.  I'm hoping to boot FreeBSD
> through PXE, mount a root fs from some host (right now a Solaris
> host) and unroll tar balls into the partitions that Solaris should be
> in.
>
> If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> --
> matthew zeier -  "There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to
> accomplish something." - Thomas Edison
>
>
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