Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:09:33 -0400 From: Mathew KANNER <mat@cs.mcgill.ca> To: Paul Jansen <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network booting? Message-ID: <20000810140933.E4901@cs.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: Paul Jansen's message [Network booting?] as of Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 06:08:58PM %2B1000 References: <20000810080858.7375.qmail@web5104.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Aug 10, Paul Jansen wrote: > Hi, > > I was reading this article about creating a diskless > X-terminal. > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskless-x/article.html > > > This part specifically: > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskless-x/x33.html > > talks about DOS executable files which you can run to > then have the system boot off the network. It only > talks about support for two cards/chipsets. Can I do > this somehow with other cards/chipsets? > > Is it possible to put the boot-rom code that a vendor > supplies onto a floppy and boot it from there instead? > > Any help on this issue appreciated. Not that the manual is out of date but PXE is the prefered way of doing net-booting. If you can't use PXE, you should look at etherboot in the ports, is covers a broader card selection but it isn't easy. --Mat > > Thanks, > Paul > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > http://geocities.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities > - Build your own Web Site - for free! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Mathew Kanner <mat@CS.McGill.CA> Systems Programmer, SOCS McGill University Obtuse quote: He [not me] understands: "This field of perception is void of perception of man." -- The Quintessence of Buddhism To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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