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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."


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