Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:12:41 +0500 From: applecom@inbox.ru To: "Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com>; " <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is it possible to have Diskless workstation in freebsd Message-ID: <op.tl7z4k1xhbloih@xml.opera.com> In-Reply-To: <ba29b9b40701151518v4e0e1a1fle6d3170d3f9d816a@mail.gmail.com> References: <ba29b9b40701151518v4e0e1a1fle6d3170d3f9d816a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:18:21 +0500, Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a need to setup 3 workstations to boot remotely without any ( OS) > on > local disks, > > What are ways to go about achieving that, > > I want the users to have all their utilities and files stores all back > stored in the remote server. > > But confusion how the OS going to detect the correct local Hardware > resources for it to run right drivers, example being the VGA driver, > local > keyboard and mouse. There is a "27.6 Diskless Operation" paragraph in FreeBSD Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-diskless.html) and article "Diskless X Server: a how to guide" (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/diskless-x/index.html). Maybe it helps.
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