[TriLUG] diskless x86

[Chris Merrill]

Mike Mueller wrote:
> Is it possible to have an x86 mobo, enet card and power supply become a 
> diskless node?  If so, can I get an outline of what I need to know to get 
> that to work?  I think I've heard of Linux routers in a similar configuration 
> using the floppy disk.  I'd like to skip the floppy and run out of a RAM disk.

Is there PC hardware that can boot from LAN?
I'm quite curious as to how one could get
Linux into RAM without some flavor of storage
device (floppy, CD, HD)?


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Chris Merrill
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