Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 11:32:19 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: fyeung@fyeung5.netific.com (francis yeung) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: diskless FreeBSD Message-ID: <199605270932.LAA09413@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199605262242.WAA00871@fyeung5.netific.com>
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> Greetings, > > I want to create a floppy bootable diskless FreeBSD system > - basically the system will bootup and operate from > the floppy , providing routing/ipfiltering, http caching (from memory), > http redirection, DNS caching, etc so that multiple PCs (students) > on Ethernet can share the connection to an internet gateway. > > Where can I locate information about making one ? It looks like you are mixing up something: Either you run your machine diskless (that is your kernel is loaded over the net and that kernel plus the following mounts etc. determine the behaviour/setup of your system) or You boot from a floppy with a special kernel which would require being able to make releases. I assume you don't want to run the latter. To achieve the former build /sys/i386/boot/netboot/netboot.com and put it on a (ick) DOS bootable floppy - it would be interesting to find a way to circumvent having to boot DOS btw. Read up the chapter 'diskless operation' (or something) in the handbook.html. > > Thank you for your help. > > Francis > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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