On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM, subhojit ojha <subhojit.o...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >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. > > > >I think it may be the solution, actually what the interviewer has asked > is, suppose in my >network we have some systems which doesn't have OS > installed but are connected to the >server machine, from server machine how > can he find the hardware address of the client >machine which doesn't have > any OS installed. I hope the PXE will be the solution what u >have > suggested, but in server side what command I need to run to get the hardware > >address of these client machine without going to the client side. > >Please suggest also some good links for PXE. > > > Hi All, Thanks to all of u for ur suggestions and help. I will implement it and check the results. Thanks again. regards subhojit ojha _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc