From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 23:12:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA21641 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA21636 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA26466; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:10:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:10:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Alexey Zelkin cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: remote boot (unix vs netware) In-Reply-To: <199709281719.UAA14937@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > Hello! > > Can I build the workgroup with such parameters: 20 diskless workstations > with netware bootroms and one unix server ? I have to know : are there > any ways to use this scheme without netware server in the world ? BootpD > or other software ? If the NetWare netboot ROMs support booting from a TFTP host and getting configuration data by BOOTP, then you can set up your FreeBSD server as a TFTP and BOOTP server and serve them their boot images and addresses. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major