On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 12:56:17PM +0100, kevin lyda mentioned:
> sorry, i missed this.  redhat supplies something similar called kickstart
> (guess who inspired them?).  pc hardware is dumb, so you'll need to use
> a floppy.  otoh, every jumpstart config i've seen required rarp plus
> plugging the new box's ethernet+ip into a file.  a kickstart boot can
> just use a dhcp server.
I've just been re-aquainted with the Jumpstart stuff after a long
absence.
There is a nice need 'add_install_client' script that you feed the
archtecture, ethernet address & ip to, and it'll setup everything from
RARP to Bootparams for you. Very simple.
This script takes a -d option, to boot via DHCP also. On the negative
side, Sun's terminal handling leaves a lot to be desired - it won't work
properly on a Wyse 120+ for instance, no matter what emulation mode the
Wyse is trying to do.
To do PC netbooting properly, you need an motherbard with a PXE BIOS.
Then you are flying.
Heh, how hard would it be to get a PC with an OpenBoot prom ?
Kate
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