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Date:      Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:19:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jason Schwab <freaker@null.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Diskless operation and stuff.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811131218150.20228-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981110164319.4417A-100000@shell1.thuntek.net>

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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Jason Schwab wrote:

> Dear People,
> 	
> 	Ok, I have two computers sitting in my room, one has it all,
> hardrive[10gig]PCI ne2000 net card and etc,etc the other one has nothing
> but a video card and network card no hardrive. only floppy drive. and ram.
> 
> 	Is it posibble to have the one without the hardrive run in
> "diskless" mode or how ever you call it? Could the with out an hardrive
> boot up offa the network card? and mount its own partition(s) offa the one
> good main machine?

There is documentation on how to do this floating about.  To run truly
diskless you need an PROM burner.  You might be able to get a DOS floppy
to load it using the etherboot.com program in /usr/mdec.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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