Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:55:14 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: robert.thoelen@ieee.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Almost diskless workstation Message-ID: <20020116115514.G26067@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020116192926.48186.qmail@web21204.mail.yahoo.com>; from shmget1@yahoo.com on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 11:29:25AM -0800 References: <20020116192926.48186.qmail@web21204.mail.yahoo.com>
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* Robert Thoelen III <shmget1@yahoo.com> [020116 11:29] wrote: > Sorry about the previous empty post. I am trying > create a filesystem on a server running FreeBSD at > work. I would like to create a floppy that would > mount the filesystem by NFS. This way, on any given > machine at work, I could put the floppy in and turn it > into a BSD workstation, without manipulating the hard > disk. > > I was looking at netboot and etherboot, but I am > confused. I don't want to make a rom image for a > network card. The machines that I would put the > floppy into are on the same network as the server, but > the DHCP is administered by another group. If I just > need to DHCP an address, but I know the address of the > server running NFS, is my best bet to create a custom > floppy with a kernel image on it and have the init > scripts NFS mount the filesystem and continue? http://www.rom-o-matic.com/ http://www.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe :-) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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