Hi, I'm getting ready to split my current Myth box (a combined frontend/backend) into two separate machines. As part of the split, I'm planning to move to a diskless front-end configuration where it boots over the network from the server.
I've checked in the BIOS and my soon-to-be frontend does indeed have PXE, and LAN is an option for boot device. So, on that front, I think I'm in pretty good shape. However, I'm not much of a Linux expert, and the distro I'm most comfortable with is Fedora Core. I used Jarod's guide to get my current setup running, and I would probably follow it (or use FC4) when I split to the client/server model. My question is: Does anyone know how to setup a network boot using Fedora Core? From the client's perspective, I'd like to have it start up and fetch grub or something to allow further booting. From what I understand, I can specify a NFS location in grub for the kernel and such. What I'm not clear on is how to install all the Fedora Core stuff in such a way as to support 2 machines (the client and server) from a single HDD. Ideally, I'd like a way to share certain things (window manager, applications like mysql, etc) between the different machines. However, there will also be things that could be distinct (kernel, modules, X-windows settings, /proc filesystem, and such) since the 2 machines will not be the same hardware. A second and less ideal approach is to have nothing shared. In this case, both installations reside on the same partition but are completely distinct. The easiest, but least ideal, approach (that I know of) is to have separate partitions for each machine. In this setup, I could take the HDD and partition it with multiple separate partitions representing each machine. Then I could physically connect the HDD to the client and install FC on one partition. I could transfer the HDD to the server and install FC again on the other partition. At that point I've got 2 fully functional FC installations and I could use grub to choose which to go to. Am I making this too hard? Is there an easier way that I'm just not seeing? Thanks, Micah
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