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> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Caleb Crome wrote:
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> > but how is remote management done over ethernet. Is
> > the IP burned into the flash?
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> For our configurations the first thing the kernel does is config network
> devices and then DHCP/RARP. From that point on the control node owns it.
Maybe I should make my concern a little more clear. I have a rack mount
server, that I want to send to a colocation facility half way across the
country. I'd like to put linuxBIOS in to the flash, with an IP address
burned in. From that point on, I'd like to be able to actually install
whatever OS I want, remotely. Maybe this would require too much in the
standard (l440gx+) flash device, but maybe not. There are some *very* small
linux distributions out there. Once the LinuxBIOS is flashed, I don't
imagine I'd ever want to change it. Basically a fancy bootloader bios.
This would allow me to do absolutely everything, that doesn't require
physically touching the machine, remotely.
-Caleb
