[TriLUG] diskless x86

[Mike Mueller]

On Friday 26 July 2002 17:37, Tom Bryan reputedly wrote:

> When I had BIOS misconfigured and the wrong disk was being read, the
> machine started looking for a bootp (I think) server.  I'm not sure whether
> that's a function of my motherboard or what, but it certainly looks
> possible.  I guess I assumed that's part of what http://www.k12ltsp.org/
> terminal server was about, but that might just be a bad assumption.

The last machines I built had some sort of BIOS option to go to the net.  I 
forgot about that until you mentioned it.  I probably can't always assume 
I'll be working with a machine that has that option.

On Friday 26 July 2002 22:26, Steven Blanchard reputedly wrote:

> I am pretty sure (almost positive) it is possible. I think that is more
> or less what pxes does. from http://pxes.sourceforge.net. It might be
> too specific for your needs, but it might help you in the right
> direction. I've never actually used pxes or anything like it, but it is
> out there.

PXES looks interesting.  Thanks.

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