Re: PXE

[Matthew Hoskins <mhoskins@microdsi.net>]

Take a look at
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/info/pc/remote-boot/howto-5.html
Look at the "boot commands" section, there are a number of OS transparent
commands like

LoadRamDisk "ramdisk-filename"

which loads a floppy-like image off a tftp server into memory, then you can use "FloppyBoot" to boot the image you just loadded.. Should work /w any OS
 
 
 
 

FUKUHARA Makoto wrote:

>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:17:49 -0400, Matthew Hoskins <mhoskins@microdsi.net> said:

> PXE proms will boot ANY OS.  PLease see -->
> http://cuiwww.unige.ch/info/pc/remote-boot/howto.html

> The process is like this:  PXE --> DHCP --> TFTP --> BpBatch --> ANY OS

Is there any success report of boot FreeBSD or Solaris 8 (Intel) with
this procedure? The document only mentions Linux, DOS and Windows.
Is the client diskless or not?

>> PXE --> syslinux --> DOS --> etherboot.com --> FreeBSD

With this procedure I could boot FreeBSD on a diskless client,
but I cannot find a way of boot Solaris 8 from network on a diskless
client now.

   FUKUHARA Makoto <fk@fine.im.uec.ac.jp>
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