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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:27:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com>
To:        Cristian de la Fuente / Infomagica <tan@infomagica.cl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help!
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000912002604.9658B-100000@utah>
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. 

I don't know about Linux.  We here are using FreeBSD.  FreeBSD can do
exactly what you are talking about.  Look for "Diskless" workstations on
the freebsd site.

And oh yeah, FreeBSD will run linux apps too!

Thank you,
Jason C. Wells



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