I heartily endorse all these comments! John O'Gorman
Conrad Lawes wrote: > > When using an Etherboot (or BOOTP) boot ROM network > booting is quite straightforward: > The client PC contacts the DHCP (or BOOTP) server to > get its IP address and the name of the > boot image file (ltsp kernel) to transfer down and > execute. The client PC uses TFTP to > download the ltsp kernel from the boot server; hence > the reason for the TFTP daemon. > > In PXE booting, things are little different. The PXE > client must first download a > network bootstrap program (nbp) also known as the PXE > loader. The PXE loader will in turn > transfer down the ltsp kernel. Why is this so? This > is just the nature of PXE. > The PXE loader or nbp must not be greater than 32K in > size; otherwise, you'll get the > unintuitive "PXE-E3A TFTP too many packages" error. > Furthermore, PXE boot ROMs are > unable to execute tagged kernels. > > Have a look at the PXE-LTSP How-To or the PXELINUX doc > for details. These files have links on the LTSP > website. > > In the case of PXELINUX, the PXE loader is the called > pxelinux.bin. Pxelinux.bin reads the > default.cfg file to determine the ltsp kernel to > download. If you find the PXELINUX > approach too complicated then try the PXE-Etherboot > approach. > > The PXE-Etherboot method is quite ingenuious. In a > nutshell, the nbp code forces your PXE > boot ROM to function like a normal Etherboot boot ROM > or floppy. In this approach, you can > use any of LTSP kernel as-is. Normally, PXE boot ROM > can't handle a kernel that has been > tagged using mknbi - which is usually the case with > pre-built kernels found on the ltps website. > > Many corporate desktops sold by Dell, Compaq, IBM and > others usually come with a PXE boot ROM built-in. > Some participants might recommend that you should > reflash (reprogram) these boot ROMs with Etherboot > code. However, I find this endeavour pointless, if > not impossible, since the PXE-Etherboot method > mentioned earlier offers the same end result. > Furthermore, retaining the PXE code offers you the > flexibility to work with many PXE-aware desktop > management tools such as IBM's LCCM, Novell's > Zenworks, Symantec Ghost, Altiris Express, and even - > heyhem - Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services. > With PXE you can keep your options open and enjoy the > best of all worlds. > > --- Pascal OFFREDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone tell me what are the differences between > > pxe and Etherboot, > > and the advantages and drawbacks of both ! > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de > > l'Internet ! > > vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur > > Minitel, sur le WAP... > > http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > > change prefs, goto: > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on > > irc.openprojects.net > > > > > > ===== > > Conrad Lawes > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
