On 2011-01-24 10:11, ads...@genis-x.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been after a pxeBOOT option for a long time (way back in the days). > Apart from the obvious, is it hard to pxe boot bering. (not install, but > actually boot the system via dhcp/pxe/tftp. > > I mean everything is already package based (.lrp), it already uses a file > system based in memory, > If someone could point me in a direction for adding support to add tftp to > the package loading then I'm happy to do some leg work here. > > The only bit I guess would be "saving" the config, but I guess again > couldn't it be supported write over tftp? > > I just want to know if there is anything bleeding obvious that wouldn't > allow bering to be booted over pxe? (again not boot to install, but actually > boot to a running system) > > It would mean a headless/diskless router/firewall, and for me that's very > appealing. > Hardware failure would just mean a simple update on a mac address on my pxe > config file for the new machine (as long as nic's are the same) and turn it > on. > > I already have an environment that boots pxe (vmware hypervisor, all my > vmware hosts are diskless, expanding the cloud is just add machines and pxe > boot them). If I could add my firewall and routers to this mix I would have > a very transportable environment. > > Just thought I would ask as I know there are some PXE install questions > going around and thought the mindset might be the time to ask. > > Cheers > Adam > > Can be done. Personally I prefer a fast installation that can be repeated on a different HW. You need the firewalls and routers running before anything else. For embedded applications I would go for pxe booting.
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