--- On Mon, 8/2/10, Satish Eerpini <eerp...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I am understanding the question right, then you want to > know the ip > from a server machine to which the "machine without an OS" > is > connected as a client. As someone above has already pointed > out, how > can that "machine without an OS" possibly connect to a > server ? > > And also , I am not sure if this is possible , but can > someone point > out if a machine can use a networking stack for simple > communication > without having to load an entire OS kernel ( no not even a > modified > kernel, just a networking software stack ). ? And if it is > possible, > are their any software stacks already available which do > this ? A client can take IP address, communicate with server without OS. This is what pxe/ether boot does. pxe/etherboot does following a.send dhcp request b.obtain ip address,gate way, next-server address etc. c.fetch kernel from next-server using tftp. d.execute the kernel
I don't think people consider pxe/etherboot as OS. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
