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 http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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