Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:26:00 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'iv gan'" <devif0@gmail.com>, "'Glenn Dawson'" <glenn@antimatter.net> Cc: 'Sarath Kamisetty' <sarath.kamisetty@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Booting FreeBSD over network or serial links? Message-ID: <048b01c5a991$b1ca1490$c901a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <356446ef050825024925fb8c4@mail.gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of iv gan > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:49 AM > To: Glenn Dawson > Cc: Sarath Kamisetty; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD over network or serial links? > > > If your don't have pxe on your motherboard try the Etherboot. > www.etherboot.org > > greets > > On 8/25/05, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> wrote: > > At 05:54 PM 8/24/2005, Sarath Kamisetty wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I have two PCs, one with linux installed and another one > is a old PC. > > >I would like use my linux pc to make modifications to freebsd code > > >base and then test it on my old PC. After compiling > freebsd image on > > >my linux pc, how do I boot this image on my old PC ? Is > there a cost > > >effective way of doing this without using floppies or CDs which is > > >time consuming ? Can I run some special image on my old PC > to let it > > >fetch the newly compiled image everytime ?? Does anyone > have this kind > > >of setup ? Can I setup a console server for cheap and > acheive this ? > > >Please share your thoughts on this. > > > > If you have an intel NIC which supports PXE, you can boot > the machine > > from a kernel that's on another machine and shared by NFS or > > tftp. Take a look at the man page for pxeboot(8), as well as the > > development(7) man page for some good info. > > > > -Glenn If you want a single ethernet cable between the two PC's you'll need to make or buy a cross-over cable. http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm -gayn
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