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This document describes how to set up a very robust and secure server-based configuration for a cluster of PCs, allowing each client to choose at boot-time which operating system to run. The key of this configuration is a bootprom based program, which let the user choose at boot time one of several boot images. This configuration is applicable using InCom TCP/IP Bootprom (add-on for most network cards) or any PXE-compliant Boot ROM (ready-to-use in most recent PC with built-in network cards). The most up-to-date version of this document, with hypertext links to downloadable software and other related materials, can be found at the address
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Linux Remote-Boot mini-HOWTO: Configuring Remote-Boot Workstations with Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
Marc Vuilleumier Stückelberg, David Clerc
v3.19, February 1999This document describes how to set up a very robust and secure server-based configuration for a cluster of PCs, allowing each client to choose at boot-time which operating system to run. The key of this configuration is a bootprom based program, which let the user choose at boot time one of several boot images. This configuration is applicable using InCom TCP/IP Bootprom (add-on for most network cards) or any PXE-compliant Boot ROM (ready-to-use in most recent PC with built-in network cards). The most up-to-date version of this document, with hypertext links to downloadable software and other related materials, can be found at the address
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/info/pc/remote-boot/howto.html.
Linuxdoc-SGML, DVI
and PostScript versions are available in the
same directory. If you are interested in getting info on further
developpments, send an E-mail to David.Clerc@cui.unige.ch.
1. Disclaimer and Copyrights
2. What has changed...
3. Introduction
- 3.1 Boot ROM and Hard-disk
- 3.2 The Network
- 3.3 How it Works
- 3.4 Related non-commercial documentations
4. The Configuration How-To
- 4.1 Server-side configuration
- 4.2 Client-side configuration
- 4.3 Setting Up the Boot Process
- 4.4 Setting Up Linux
- 4.5 Setting up DOS 6 and Windows 3.1
- 4.6 Setting up Windows 95
- 4.7 Setting up Windows NT
- 4.8 Troubleshooting (FAQ)
5. Remote-Boot Tools Reference Manual
6. Special TFTP Servers
- 6.1 Incom Enhanced TFTP Server
- 6.2 Linux Enhanced TFTP Server
- 6.3 The Security Gateway
- 6.4 The Broadcast TFTP Server
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