discuss: [Proposal] PXE Server HOWTO
Subject:
RE: [Proposal] PXE Server HOWTO
From:
"Keith Strachan" ####@####.####
Date:
27 Jan 2002 01:33:03 -0000
Message-Id: <OFEBKLGALELIGOPDHMKEEEICCBAA.kstrach@optushome.com.au>
Personally, I'd love to attend, but I'm in Australia. Any possibility of
feedback from what is seen by those who manage to go there???
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Markus Gutschke ####@####.####
Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2002 7:57 AM
To: Charles Curley
Cc: Jason Bechtel; ####@####.####
Subject: Re: [Proposal] PXE Server HOWTO
BTW, both the LTSP and Etherboot are going to be at Linux Expo in New
York next week. So, if you are in the area, drop on by.
Markus
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:25:32PM +0100, Jason Bechtel wrote:
>
>>>From my perspective, PXE is an alternative method of remote
>>booting diskless workstations (the older and perhaps still
>>more common method is etherboot
>><http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/>). But I've heard that
>>PXE is quickly becoming a standard, at least for corporate
>>desktops. Again, from my perspective, the greatest and
>>farthest-reaching implications are for Linux's invasion of
>>the desktop (starting with the corporate desktop). The
>>Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is leading this effort
>>and it is probably one of the most important projects for
>>Linux's future dominance of the desktop system market.
>>
>>For more information, see http://www.ltsp.org .
>>
>
> Cool! One could use this to boot a full Linux disty, which is what the
> authors intend. But by supplying a tomsrtbt and suitable scripts, you
> could automate:
>
> 1) Bare metal restore, which is my interest. Stuff the network card or
> a floppy into the target computer, and away you go. I've already
> written a lot of the scripts you'd need for this.
>
> 2) Mass installation of Linux on more or less identical computers,
> e.g. a server or rendering farm. Or bulk purchase of PCs for a
> large institution.
>
> Danke
>
>
>>Jason
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 06:59:24 -0700
>> Charles Curley ####@####.#### wrote:
>>
>>>This sounds like it could be useful for bare metal
>>>restore, aka
>>>complete backup & recovery. I have a HOWTO in the
>>>pipeline on exactly
>>>that, so will be interested to see what you come up with.
>>>
>
--
Markus Gutschke Resonate, Inc.
3637 Fillmore Street #106 385 Moffett Park Drive
San Francisco, CA 94123-1600 Sunnyvale, CA 94089
+1-415-567-8449 +1-408-548-5528
####@####.#### ####@####.####
_________________________
http://list.linuxdoc.org/
