On 01/08/13 19:53, Chris Tapp wrote:
I think it is ;-) I think I'll still need to use ipxe as I need to be
able to boot without DHCP support as well.
Depends on the bios, if your machine's bios supports PXE, then you do
not need ipxe, just a tftp server set up on the LAN that serves PXELinux.
Hi Thomas,
On 2 Aug 2013, at 08:22, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
On 01/08/13 19:53, Chris Tapp wrote:
I think it is ;-) I think I'll still need to use ipxe as I need to be
able to boot without DHCP support as well.
Depends on the bios, if your machine's bios supports PXE, then you do
not need
On 02/08/13 08:35, Chris Tapp wrote:
Depends on the bios, if your machine's bios supports PXE, then you
do not need ipxe, just a tftp server set up on the LAN that serves
PXELinux.
My case is a bit more complicated as I also can't have non-secure
(t)ftp! Are you saying that PXE can work
On 31/07/13 21:30, Chris Tapp wrote:
Is there an easy way to have a system boot and load the rootfs from a
network server?
I'm using an x86 system and can have the kernel and an initrd on it.
I would use bootp, but a lot of end users either don't have this or
will not allow it to be used. I
Hi Chris,
On Wednesday 31 July 2013 22:25:42 Chris Tapp wrote:
On 31 Jul 2013, at 21:30, Chris Tapp wrote:
Is there an easy way to have a system boot and load the rootfs from a
network server?
I'm using an x86 system and can have the kernel and an initrd on it. I
would use bootp, but
Hi Paul,
On 1 Aug 2013, at 09:35, Paul Eggleton wrote:
Hi Chris,
On Wednesday 31 July 2013 22:25:42 Chris Tapp wrote:
On 31 Jul 2013, at 21:30, Chris Tapp wrote:
Is there an easy way to have a system boot and load the rootfs from a
network server?
I'm using an x86 system and can have
Is there an easy way to have a system boot and load the rootfs from a
network server?
The classic way is to serve the root file system from an NFS server. You
will have to pass the root=/dev/nfs and
nfsroot=[server-ip:]root-dir[,nfs-options]
to your kernel via boot loader.
Every system you
Hi Rudolf,
On 31 Jul 2013, at 22:29, Rudolf Streif wrote:
Is there an easy way to have a system boot and load the rootfs from a network
server?
The classic way is to serve the root file system from an NFS server. You will
have to pass the root=/dev/nfs and
