Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:24:21 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: Cristian de la Fuente / Infomagica <tan@infomagica.cl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network boot (was Re: Help!) Message-ID: <20000911192421.C12231@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000911215911.85512D-100000@localhost>; from chris@monochrome.org on Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 10:02:13PM -0400 References: <002f01c01c64$56382000$06cb1bc8@tanrox> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000911215911.85512D-100000@localhost>
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* Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> [000911 19:03] wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Cristian de la Fuente / Infomagica wrote: > > > I need to implement a system that boots from the network AND loads the > > OS (LINUX) and apps from the server, that is, without a hard drive on > > the client. Basically, like using the NIC as a hard drive controller > > or whatever method that works (remote filesystem, remote disk images). > > Do you know where I can find information on this? It has been a pain > > so far. > > Sounds like you want BOOTP or something like it. Here are some pointers: > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskless-x/x46.html > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/diskless.html > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskless-x/article.html If you want to load Linux this is a poor choice for a forum to ask. If you want to load FreeBSD have a look at this page: http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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