RE: [Thinstation-general] PXE boot using floppy

[knite <mw...@ga...>]

I can't believe it! I've did it (I meen you've did it :-) . It is really
working, so simple and so flexible.
Thank you very much!


-----Original Message-----
From: Paolo Salvan [mailto:pao...@xv...]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:23 PM
To: knite
Cc: thi...@li...
Subject: Re: [Thinstation-general] PXE boot using floppy


It IS possible to use PXE and etherboot at the same time. And it is also
simple... ;o)

Give a look at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80408&release_id=20076
9
(Etherboot pxe loader)

bye!

Paolo



knite ha scritto:
>
> I have both: new computers and old computers in my LAN. New computers
> supports PXE boot, but old computers cannot boot using PXE. That's why
> in my LAN I am using boot floppy (for etherboot) for all my computers. It
is
> impossible use PXE and etherboot at the same time. I want to use my
> new computers without floppy. Is it possible?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Eriksen [mailto:km...@ma...]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:44 PM
> To: knite
> Cc: thi...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Thinstation-general] PXE boot using floppy
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, knite wrote:
>
> > May I make network boot with a PXE using boot floppy? Network boot with
a
> > NIC w/o a boot ROM
> > using a boot floppy already is working in my LAN.
>
> I'm not completely sure I understand you :-) If your NIC supports PXE,
> then it *does* have a boot rom already.
>
> If your NIC does not have a boot rom, you can make a floppy as decribed in
> the FAQ and do etherboot.
>
> For your TFTPD server, it makes no difference at all if it has to serve a
> "pxelinux.0" file (for PXE boot) or a "thinstation.nbi" file (for
> etherboot). It's just a matter of delivering a file.
>
> Mike
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