On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 16:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jack Coates said: > > Jumpstart uses a network boot protocol to get an IP and basic > > system > > image, then either run as a diskless workstation or install system > > packages from an NFS server. It's good stuff. LTSP is the right > > direction, and I seem to recall that some cluster projects have > > some way > > to do something similar. > > You could do the same thing with NFS and linux. It's been awhile > since I've done it with cooker, but I believe you just image the > 'network.img' image from the 'images' directory on the install cd > onto a floppy and then boot the machine in question, pointing it
even better, put the network.img on your TFTP server and use PXE netboot. This is all do-able with Linux and PCs, it's just not as out-of-box ready as it is with Sun. No biggie since the first thing you have to do with Sun is patch with their horrible patch system, and the second thing you have to do is install all the GNU utilities so that you actually get a usable Unix. > to your NFS, FTP or whatever else kind of server you setup. I may > not have all the details correct, but it's pretty basic and I bet > the instructions are even still on the cooker page. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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