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01-18-2008, 07:32 PM
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 remotely issue network boot Hi, how do i tell an i386 box running on linux to boot over network instead of Hard disk or Cdrom.... in solaris i can pass an argument to boot (reboot -- "boot net - install") which will do the job. I have setup on linux install server using systemimager, now when i want to restore a perticular image on a machine, i want install server to logon to that machine and issue something which will cause it to reboot in network boot... for which install server can respond by pxe/dhcp/tftp to proceed with installation. I remember Rocks cluster suit uses something like this... when you issue shot-node command from master, it reboots that node and installs the fresh OS on it. but dont know how its done...      |
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01-18-2008, 07:32 PM
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| Re: remotely issue network boot Harshal wrote: > Hi, > how do i tell an i386 box running on linux to boot over > network instead of Hard disk or Cdrom.... in solaris i can pass an > argument to boot (reboot -- "boot net - install") which will do the > job. I have setup on linux install server using systemimager, now when > i want to restore a perticular image on a machine, i want install > server to logon to that machine and issue something which will cause > it to reboot in network boot... for which install server can respond > by pxe/dhcp/tftp to proceed with installation. It's only partially Solaris - the trick is done by the OpenBoot firmware in the Sun boxes. It does not work on an Intel box running Solaris. > I remember Rocks cluster suit uses something like this... when you > issue shot-node command from master, it reboots that node and installs > the fresh OS on it. but dont know how its done... To net boot a PC box, you need net boot in the BIOS or network adapter card, and it has to be activated at the BIOS set-up. -- Tauno Voipio tauno voipio (at) iki fi |
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01-18-2008, 07:34 PM
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| Re: remotely issue network boot On Feb 27, 12:38 pm, Tauno Voipio <tauno.voi...@INVALIDiki.fi> wrote: > Harshalwrote: > > Hi, > > how do i tell an i386 box running on linux to boot over > > network instead of Hard disk or Cdrom.... in solaris i can pass an > > argument to boot (reboot -- "boot net - install") which will do the > > job. I have setup on linux install server using systemimager, now when > > i want to restore a perticular image on a machine, i want install > > server to logon to that machine and issue something which will cause > > it to reboot in network boot... for which install server can respond > > by pxe/dhcp/tftp to proceed with installation. > > It's only partially Solaris - the trick is done by the > OpenBoot firmware in the Sun boxes. It does not work > on an Intel box running Solaris. > > > I remember Rocks cluster suit uses something like this... when you > > issue shot-node command from master, it reboots that node and installs > > the fresh OS on it. but dont know how its done... > > To net boot a PC box, you need net boot in the BIOS or > network adapter card, and it has to be activated at the > BIOS set-up. > > -- > > Tauno Voipio > tauno voipio (at) iki fi If your 386 cannot boot the network via BIOS you can make a boot floppy. Make a boot floppy see http://www.rom-o-matic.net. Your NIC will then contact your DHCP/TFTP server and proceed with the install. |
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