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Date:      Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:02:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        Cristian de la Fuente / Infomagica <tan@infomagica.cl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Network boot (was Re: Help!)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000911215911.85512D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <002f01c01c64$56382000$06cb1bc8@tanrox>

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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

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
[1]    Bus error                     netscape



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