Network Booting

[Yudong Tian]

My linux nodes use RealTek chips and I have been doing network
installation and booting fine. The procedure is a little involved,
and I do have some step-by-step notes here:
http://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov/yudong/notes/net-install.txt

I hope this can help with your Q1,2,3. 

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Yudong Tian, Ph.D.  NASA/GSFC  (301) 286-2275


> -----Original Message-----
> From: beowulf-admin at scyld.com [mailto:beowulf-admin at scyld.com]On Behalf
> Of torsten
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:08 AM
> To: beowulf at beowulf.org
> Subject: Network Booting
> 
> 
> Good Morning:
> 
> I've  been struggling  for days  to make  a single  computer be  able to
> network  boot.  I've  read many  documents, and  I'm a  little confused.
> Here  are some  questions, and  I am  very grateful  for assistance,  in
> advance.
> 
> 1. I've seen  references to bootp/dhcp,  bootp or dhcp, bootp  and dhcp,
> dhcp over bootp - Which one do I need.  Do I need both bootp and dhcp?
> 
> 2. My  Lab is  on  the  University subnet.   Will  my bootp/dhcp  server
> conflict with the  university system?  Do I need to  isolate my lab with
> IP masq first?
> 
> 3. On which broadcast/subnet does PXE send bootp requests.  Does it make
> a difference, with PXE, whether I use bootp or DHCP?
> 
> 4. What are people using to setup/install partitions?  I've seen bpbatch
> and ka-tools.  I'm interested in GPL software, primarily.
> 
> 5. Are there any known problems with Realtek PXE ROMS?  My network cards
> are system integrated Realtek's.
> 
> 6. Should I just download and setup the MOSIX stuff?
> 
> 7. Does the  Linux Terminal Server  Project (LTSP) have  anything useful
> that I could/should be using?
> 
> Thanks, Torsten
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