Specifications

Remote Booting Linux on Intel Processors (CERN Variant)
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(L)ocal : Boots an operation system image from Flash memory.
• Using the “Ramdisk and NFS example for multiple configurable servers and clients” example
above. Press ‘s’ at the prompt perform to remote boot the “LinuxBootImage.nbi” via the
network and save the download the image to Flash memory.
• Once the image has booted, reboot the system, and without pressing any keys, the
“LinuxBootImage.nbi” will now boot from the Flash memory.
Useful Further Reading
Available on the Red Hat Documentation CD,
• Diskless-HOWTO.pdf
• Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO.pdf
• Ramdisk.txt
• The Loopback Root Filesystem HOWTO.htm
Available on the Web,
•
http://sourceforge.net/projecs/etherboot Has a wealth of very useful and highly accessible
information on remote booting with Etherboot.
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