On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:28 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/09/08 09:58, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I want to setup three machines to boot over the network from an nfs root. > > The network doesn't have a dhcp server (I prefer if it's possible to do it > > without one) and the network card is only supported with newer kernels > > (2.6.28-rc). > > > > Is there a way to do it through grub or do I need to setup a minimal system > > and boot from it? > > > > Any pointers on how to set this up? > > PXE boot seems like what you want, where the client's NIC requests > the boot files from the server. > > Or am I misunderstanding your questions? > Yes, theoretically that is what I want, but if I'm not mistaken PXE boot is dependent on a dhcp server giving the machine an IP and declaring that it has a boot image to provide, or am I wrong. I want to give the ip as an option and use a given nfs server as a root, not resolve these values at run time thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
